Wearable Technology

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Wearable Technology

• By Iuyana Malone
• ITEC 7535
• Advanced Hardware and Software
• Dr. Carlson

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What is Wearable Technology?

• Wearable technology is close to the body and
  enables technology to be used in situations where
  it normally is not possible.

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Cell Phones

• What will become of cell phones?
• How will they look?

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Each piece of jewelry has a specific function.

• Earrings There are speakers embedded into these
  earrings
• which will be the phone's receiver.
• Necklace - There is a microphone embedded into
  the necklace.
• Ring - The ring flashes when there is an
  incoming call and it can even be programmed to
  flash a certain color to identify a particular
  caller.
• Bracelet The bracelet contains a video graphics
  array (VGA) display, used as a caller identifier
  which flashes the name and phone number of the
  caller.
• There is no keypad because this phone will more
  than likely operate by voice recognition.

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The magic decoder ring by IBM flashes when you
have an incoming call.
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Java Ring
Java Ring is a stainless-steel ring,
16-millimeters (0.6 inches) in diameter, that
houses a 1-million-transistor processor, called
an iButton. The ring has 134 KB of RAM, 32 KB of
ROM
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• Java ring has been tested at Celebration School,
  an innovative K-12 school just outside Orlando,
  FL. The rings are given to students and have been
  programmed to
• store electronic cash to pay for lunches
• automatically unlock doors
• take attendance
• store medical information
• allow students to check out books.
• Students simply press the signet of their Java
  Ring, and it performs the desired function. One
  day the Java Ring may even start your car.

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Optical Illusions

• Micro-Optical has created eyewear that puts the
  information right before your eyes.
• No matter what your job is this eyewear makes any
  application accessible.

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Uses of eyewear

• Doctors can take vital signs without taking their
  eye off the patient.
• Police can focus on the environment while
  raising security
• Those in video production can monitor the camera
  from anywhere
• Eventually you will be able to watch DVDs and
  surf the web.

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Disadvantages of wearable technology

• Parents and teachers will have less control over
  children and students
• Loss of privacy