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INTRODUCTION
footstep rate etc, the apparatus can function as a personal safety device
circuits are built entirely out of textiles to distribute data and power and
perform touch sensing. These circuits are passive components sewn from
input surfaces.
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DISCUSSION
OPERATIONAL MODES
PDA, it does not need to be opened up and turned on prior to use. The
based on the notion that computing is NOT the primary task. The
something else at the same time as doing the computing. Thus the
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Mediation: Unlike hand held devices, laptop computers, and PDAs, the
completely enclose us, but the concept allows for a greater degree of
this encapsulation:
the encapsulated space. In the same way that ordinary clothing prevents
others from seeing our naked bodies, the wearable computer may , for
ATTRIBUTES
There are six informational flow paths associated with this new
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wearable computing, and are described , that follows, from the human’s
point of view:
from the outside world like a virtual reality game or the like. You can
attend to other matters while using the apparatus. It is built with the
other things while using it”,e.g. You can type while jogging, etc
you want it to. Almost always observable: within reasonable limitations (e.g.
that you might not see the screen while you blink or look away
manually override to break open the control loop and become part of the
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loop at any time you want to (example: “a big Halt button you want as
situational awareness).
CONSTANT: Always ready. May have “sleep modes” but never “dead”.
Unlike a laptop computer which must be opened up, switched on, and
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of mind and body; after time you forget that you are wearing it.
for removal during times when you wish such a barrier. This is contrast
Others can’t determine system status unless you want them to, e.g. clerk
can’t tell whether or not you are transmitting wireless video to a spouse
obvious you are taking a picture when you hold it up to your eye.
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EXISTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY
wearer. This control need not require continuous thought, but the locus
The user must also potentially know the functionality of the apparatus.
Furthermore, the apparatus provides the wearer with the ability to make
the obvious privacy afforded and eudaemonic nature, the output can be
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WORKING
carry the electrical current needed for digital clothing. However, metallic
yarns are not new to the clothing industry. We have seen these metallic
Media Lab are using silk organza, a unique fabric that has been used to
made with two fibers that make it conductive to electricity. The first
fiber is silk thread that is wrapped in a thin copper foil. It’s this copper
foil that gives the silk organza the ability to conduct electricity. Copper
The metallic yarn is prepared just like cloth core telephone wire,
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Silk Organza
controllers. One problem with using silk organza would result if the
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can be snapped into the fabric by using some kind of gripper snaps,
which pierce the yarn to create an electrical contact. These devices can
thread to make smart clothes. Their smart shirt, which we will look at
the next section, is made of plastic optical fibers and other specialty
fibers woven into the fabric. These optical and electrical conductive
fibers will allow the shirt to wirelessly communicate with the other
RATIONAL DETAILS
Where do you store data ? How do you store them? All these are
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SOFTWARE
is WOS(wear comp OS). Red hat and GNU Linux can be run in close
computer.
HARDWARE
assemble a low cost system. For example, you can buy an old computer
that has NTSC output and connect to small CRT from camera. Some
such complete wearable computer systems have been built for as little
cost.
system lies in its display unit. VGA display tend to increase the cost
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image. There are very good vedio camera viewfinders that can display
viewfinders are not capable to display 24 text, there are a good many
older black and white viewfinders that can display a 24 text and clear
that creates a high resolution color image in the user’s eyesight. The
distance. The image covers only 5% of the vision and allows to see
the surrounding also. The PM is easy to use, it can be plugged into the
video and power in seconds and appear on the ultra lightweight display.
FEATURES
eyesight
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is see around, it covers only the area in which the image appears,
narrow field of view. The personal monitor can receive video signals
from any source. The signals are converted in the controller unit into
standard video signals and displays them on TFT LCD display that can
controller box. The monitor block contains the display, a back light and
its driver for the LCD and the lenses and mirrors that projects the
display image into the retina of the eyes. Light beams coming from the
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The monitor block has a mounting slot that fits into the
video input modulator unit and the driving electronics of the LCD
display. The LCD directs the display, control signals are send through a
temple pieces and each unit comes with a commercially available 9 volt
AC-DC adaptor.
KEY BOARD
micro switches are used as keyboards. At the higher end, you can get a
“twiddler” from Hand key, or keyboard from info grip. You can connect
micro switches that enable you to plug directly into the keyboard port if
ounces and fits in the palm of your hand. The twiddler 2 is an existing
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HARD DRIVE
mountain bike down the center of a line bumping over every railway
enormous amount of hard drive space on your body. Prof Martin has
36GB of hard drive installed in his wear. One of his waist bag systems
BATTERIES OF WEARCOMP
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batteries
VOLTAGE REGULATOR
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APPLICATION
control just like taming with a piece of itself!. In fact, the fundamental
the photocopier can be put in the repairing person’s visual field, and
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moment that any one of them becomes critical, the pre-defined medical
the fact that the transmitted signals are internal and they are relayed
on to an external source.
the said object are transformed by the wearable computer and send over
to the vest, which sends electric stimuli to the wearer. Closer objects
this invention.
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picks up the impact upon the ground. The shoes supplies the personal-
worn computer with information about how the feet are impacting on
that shopkeepers and customers alike, police and ordinary citizens alike,
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etc.. must respect the possibility that they could be caught on camera.
is wearing a camera, as the present (and future) units are so small that
scene is tracked, and virtual objects are inserted. In this way a virtual
“Post-It” note may be left on any flat surface will be seen only by the
includes the use of biosensors where the quotient of heart rate divided
by foot step rate. Suppose that someone were to draw a gun and
demand cash from the wearer. The likely scenario is that the wearer’s
hear rate would increase without an increase in the foot step rate to
network.
rate (and waveform), and even carry the entire medical history.
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TRENDS
TOMORROW’S E-WARDROBE
likely to see the wide range of apparel enter the consumer market.
Tex. In Europe, Levi has already tested marketing the musical jacket
controlled with fabric capacitive key board. This keyboard has been
reacts when pressed. The keypad can sense touch due to the increase in
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energy from turning wrists or leg. Further out researchers are looking
addressable structure. The final product looks like a quilt that has been
insulated and form the conductive rows with thick fabric like felt or
velvet. Holes in the insulating fabric allow the row and column
Shirts and other clothes using this keyboard can be thrown in the
technology. The smart shirt can monitor heart and breathing rates by
using optical and electric conductive fibers that are sewn into the fabric
of the shirt.
financed by the navy, beginning in 1999. At that time the shirt was
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the bullet penetration, a light signal is continually be sent from one end
of the optical fiber to a receiver on the other end. This fiber is also
from the emitter does not reach the receiver inside the monitor, this
signals that the soldier has been shot. The light signal then bounces
back to the point of penetration, which helps doctors to find the exact
Smart Shirt
generate power for his or her computer, thus eliminating the use of
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by breath or blood pressure, body heat, and finger and limb motion is
also presented.
of our day lives by embedding them into our clothing or creating form
vision, power systems are still bulky and inconvenient. Even today’s
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CONCLUSION
and clothing textiles. These intelligent clothes are worn like ordinary
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REFERENCES
• www.media.mit.edu/wearables
• www.wearcam.org/personaltechnologies
• www.howstuffworks.com/computerclothing.htm
• www.wearcomp.org/wearcompdif.html
• www.redwoodhouse.com/wearable
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ABSTRACT
Post-PC era. We are now at the dawn of that era and some of these
devices portable without having to strap electronics into our body. These
digital clothes will able to perform some of the PC functions. These devices
are small in size and portable. This apparel can be used to read our heart
rate and breathing. The LED monitors could even be integrated into this
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DISCUSSION
3. WORKING
4. APPLICATION
5. TRENDS
6. CONCLUSION
7. REFERENCES
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