Wearable+Computing

=Wearable Computing=

Wearable computing is a combination of technology, computer, network, high-tech materials, design and fashion. Simply, you can wear the computer so that you can use them whenever, wherever you want. At first, it started with concept of science and engineering; however, it is a new fashion style, which integrates with technologies.



Description
The rapidly growing technologies of semiconductor brought us a fascinating development of computer and network, than it changed our life style and pattern of communication. Also, the smallest computer equipment for generating power, saving, inputting and the growth of wireless (mobile) communication technologies leads us to a new era of computer. Until the 1990s, the technology had been upgraded from large size computer to personal computer (PC), and it met to the ‘portable’ ages, which launched light and small computer so that people can carry with them. Lastly, it is a period of ‘wearable computer’, which people can attach the computer to their body as cloth. In a word of ‘Ubiquitous Computing System’, the ‘Ubiquitous’ means ‘be everywhere’. People can get wanting information in secure and convenient way through ‘wearable computer’ and networking. At first, it was invented for practice uses of military, and now it is spreading to even fashion world.

History
1268 – Earliest recorded mention of eyeglasses 1762 – Pocket watch by John Harrison 1961 – Computer for predicting roulette wheels by Edward Thorp & Claude Shannon. 1966 – Thorp revealed the roulette predicting computer in his book for the first time. 1967 – An LED mounted eyeglass (aid lip reading) by Hubert Upton 1981 – A backpack-mounted computer to control photographic systems by Steve Mann 1987 – ‘Terminator’: A popular movie about wearable computer 1989 – Private Eye head-mounted display from Reflection Technology 1991 – Mark Weiser mentioned about ‘Ubiquitous Computing’ in Scientific American 1993 – ‘KARMA’: Columbia University’s augmented reality system After, there has been lots of conference or workshop held.



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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer http://about.eyetap.org/ http://wearcam.org/
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