WEARABLE COMPUTERS

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• WEARABLE COMPUTERS

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• Wearable computers are computers that are worn on
  the body.
• Wearable computers are especially useful for
  applications that require computational support
  while the user's hands, voice, eyes, arms or
  attention are actively engaged with the physical
  environment.
• One of the main features of a wearable computer
  is consistency.
• Another feature is the ability to multi-task.
• It can therefore be an extension of the users
  mind and/or body.

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How does a Wearable Computer look?
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• A typical wearable computer will have a
  motherboard worn inside a fashion garment,
  connecting all the components of the system.
• The components will be placed at different parts
  of the body as per the user convenience.
• User input to the computer is either mostly voice
  driven or sensed from gestures or body motion.
• The display and audio output generated by the
  computer will be relevant to the context and
  environment.

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EXAMPLES OF WEARABLE COMPUTERS
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• The first wearable computer could be as early as
  the 1500s with the invention of the pocket watch.
  
• The system was a concealed cigarette-pack sized
  analog computer designed to predict roulette
  wheels.
• A data-taker would use microswitches hidden in
  his shoes to indicate the speed of the roulette
  wheel, and the computer would indicate an octant
  to bet on by sending musical tones via radio to a
  miniature speaker hidden in a collaborators ear
  canal.
• Private eye concept originated by Thad Starner
  and being developed by Bradley Rhodes at the MIT
  Media Lab.
• As you enter a room, your wearable computer
  could sense the people present and remind you of
  their names or personal history.

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• In 2002, as part of Kevin Warwicks Project
  Cyborg, Warwick's wife, Irena, wore a necklace
  which was electronically linked to Warwick's
  nervous system via an implanted electrode array.
• The color of the necklace changed between
  red and blue dependent on the signals on
  Warwick's nervous system.
• Eurotech offers the ZYPAD, a wrist wearable touch
  screen computer with GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
  connectivity and which can run a number of custom
  applications.

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• Steve Mann now uses an ultra compact computer,
  which is hooked up to a special pair of
  eyeglasses that captures audio and video and can
  display things to him like a computer monitor.
  Mann can interact with the computer through
  voice commands and it is with him at all times.

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• The glove controlled interface that the actor Tom
  Cruise manipulates in the film. Using a special
  pair of gloves, cruise can control a large screen
  in front of him, moving digital objects.

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APPLICATIONS
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• Immediate access to important data for anyone
  whose occupation requires mobility, such as real
  estate agents, rural doctors, fire and police
  professionals, lawyers in courtrooms, military
  personnel, and many others.
• The ability to take notes immediately. For
  example, for reporters, geologists, botanists,
  vendor show representatives.

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ADVANTAGES
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• Enhanced Communication.
• Wearable Computers can be used to recognize a
  person in a high alerted area such as an airport.
  
• Able to use wearable computers to complete daily
  tasks such as a computer which tracks the
  movements and habits of a person.
• Makes tasks more easier such as Wearable
  Computers can be used by Surgeons (a Wearable
  Computer attached to their arms),

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DISADVANTAGES
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• Equipment can be heavy.
• Expensive.
• Some Wearable Computers can consist of a lot of
  wiring.
• Can cause irritation in heat.
• Side-Effects such as Headaches.
• Can be used to gain an unfair advantage over
  others such as Casinos.

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CONCLUSION

• Wearable computer will provide safety, efficiency
  and comfort for users.
• True extension of mind and body.
• Enhance the quality of life of the user at work
  place and in all parts of daily life.

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• THANK YOU
• 
  STEFFI LAZAR
• S2 MCA
• VAST