Wearable Computing

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Wearable Computing

• Technologies
• Trends
• What products are available?
• How do they work?
• Applications
• Commercial
• National Security

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Wearable Display Devices
Technologies
695/1850/4275 Glasstron from Sony -
http//www.cgsd.com/ ruggedized true 3D
versions available
990 from Albatech - http//www.skyex.com/albatech
/normal.htm
5000 from MicroOptical http//www.MicroOptical.co
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Virtual Retinal Display from Microvision -
http//www.mvis.com/html/technology.html
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Wearable Full PCOff the Shelf Equipment
1495-4000

• MA IV from Xybernaut (http//www.xybernaut.com/)
• MPC from TIQIT (http//www.tiqit.com)
• Symbol Technologies (http//www.symbol.com)
• ViA, Inc. (http//www.flexipc.com/)
• IBM - Japan
• Espresso from SaintSong http//www.saintsong.com.t
  w/it/english/prod/espresso.htm

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Comparative Features
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Wet PC (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
(http//www.wetpc.com.au)
http//www.aims.gov.au/pages/wetpc/wetpc.html
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Applications
Applications
Boeing - Augmented Wiring on 777
MIT - Underground Utilities Location and
Maintenance
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Applications
Applications

• BOC Gases - Improving Plant Floor Productivity
• Framatome Technologies, Inc.
• Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc. (GSSI)

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Network Troubleshooting
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NASA Projects
Electronic Portable Information Collection (EPIC)
Assembling Structures in Space
http//www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/projects/borg/
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National Security Apps/ Initiatives
Initiatives

• DARPA (Microsystems Technology Office)
• Wearable Maintenance Assistant
• Advanced Humionics Platform
• www.darpa.mil/mto/smartmod
• DMSO
• Stricom (Army)
• Dismounted Warrior Network

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A Super Cockpit
Applications
ONR/HITL - Super Cockpit Augmented HMD Bill
Miceli using Virtual Retinal Display
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Dismounted Warrior Network
Applications
http//www.stricom.army.mil/
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Urban Warfare
Applications
NIMA
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Marines Training
Applications
USMC Warfighting Lab
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The Possibilities - 4ANet

• Anybody
• Anywhere
• Anytime
• Anything Digital

• Wearable Computers
• 3D Shared World Environment
• Wireless Data Network
• Real Time Video Cameras
• Global Positioning System
• Intelligent Agents
• Speech Recognition