Latest Wearable computer Stories
Assembly system operators in sustainable factories of the future will have just the information they need - just when they need it. Operators will always be online thanks to an iPhone attached to their protective clothing. This is the vision of researchers from Chalmers, the Volvo Group, and other partners in part of the major EU project MyCar. Concept prototypes of future operator work tools, based on iPhone and iPodTouch, are being tested at a Swedish truck assembly plant.Professor Johan...
The Chariot, a wearable concept vehicle designed for use by amputees, was introduced this week in Virginia by Exmovere Holdings. The device is described as a self-balancing, hands free vehicle designed to provide amputees and others who have difficulty standing added mobility. The Chariot comes up to the wearer's waist and control is managed through movements of the lower torso and hips. The size of the Chariot makes it more maneuverable in tight spaces than a wheelchair and it can attain...
COLUMBIA, Md. and NEW MILFORD, Conn., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Eurotech, a leading provider of low power embedded products and technologies, and Glacier Computer, a leading designer, developer, and supplier of rugged vehicle-mount, tablet, and portable computers, today announced they have jointly signed a master distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Glacier Computer will resell the Eurotech Zypad wearable computer to support warehouse, manufacturing, healthcare, and...
UltraCell Corporation, a leading producer of reformed methanol fuel cells (RMFCs) for mobile power applications, today announced that its entry was one of only five entrants to complete the Wearable Power contest by the Department of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) after the final head-to-head competition, Saturday, October 4. During the weeklong competition, held at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., the UltraCell Team utilized the company's...
By Allison M Heinrichs The T-shirts for Carnegie Mellon University professor Asim Smailagic's symposium serve a triple purpose. Not only do the black cotton shirts cover attendees' backs and advertise the conference, they light up to tell wearers -- and anyone else who sees them -- whether their laptop computers can get a wireless Internet connection. "Clearly, it's an effective, smoothly integrated technology," said Smailagic, a professor of computer engineering and computer sciences....
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/08d595/new_uses_for_weara) has announced the addition of the "New Uses for Wearable Textile-Based Health Monitoring Technology" report to their offering. Wearable health monitoring systems employ sensors to read vital signs from the human body - such as the heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure. Textile-based sensors can be woven or knitted into an item of clothing and worn next to the skin. Information picked up...
Textronics, Inc., a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring, is reaching out to the health club industry with its innovative NuMetrex brand of heart rate monitoring athletic apparel. NuMetrex will show its Heart Sensing Sports Bra, Racer Tank, and Cardio Shirt for Men at the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) annual convention and trade show, March 5-8, at the San Diego Convention Center. Local triathletes will...
The dream of many planetary geologists is to have a robot on another world making decisions about where it wants to go and what it wants to look closer at. One step towards that dream is a cybernetics experiment venturing into the Spanish cliffs.Astrobiology Magazine -- Most observers of the Mars missions think the rovers are driven, like a car, but in fact they are commanded.While using a joystick or wheel to drive a rover might at first seem appealing, the 20 minute delay in transmission of...
