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Selecting the Wearable That Will Deliver Maximum Value in Your Enterprise Environment

The use of wearable computers continues to rise in enterprise applications, as the technology has evolved from an interesting concept to a deployable application with tangible business benefits. In fact, according to Venture Data Corporation VDC, wearable computers represent the fastest growing segment in the small rugged computing market, outperforming...

Tags: Environment, Wearable Computer, Computer, PDAs, Productivity, Handhelds, Hardware

White papers 2008-12-01

Build a wearable PC (Part 1)

Tired of his heavy laptop turning him into Quasimodo, author Cyrus Peikari dreamed up a solution: a PC he could wear on his body. In this article, learn how you can ditch your cumbersome laptop and your entire office for a lightweight, wearable setup. Find Part 2...

Tags: PC, informIT, Wearable Computer, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Download resources 2007-09-13

Turbo Charge Your Inventory Moves With Wearable Computers: 13 Key Considerations for Evaluating Wearables

Bar code scanning has made data collection fast and accurate but sometimes operators aren't provided the right tools for the job - and that can reduce productivity gains that might otherwise be realized. Many warehouse tasks require an operator to physically handle products. A hand-held computer isn't always the best...

Tags: LXE (EMS Technologies), Wearable Computer, Operator, Computer, Productivity

White papers 2007-03-15

1.39 mln wearable computers to ship by 2008

Unit shipments of wearable computers (that includes purses, watches, shirts) should rise from 261,000 last year to 1.39 mln in 2008, according to IDC.

Tags: wearable computer, computer

Blog posts 2005-03-08

1.39 mln wearable computers to ship by 2008

Unit shipments of wearable computers (that includes purses, watches, shirts) should rise from 261,000 last year to 1.39 mln in 2008, according to IDC.

Tags: wearable computer, computer

Blog posts 2005-03-08

Build a wearable PC (Part 2)

Tired of his heavy laptop turning him into Quasimodo, author Cyrus Peikari dreamed up a solution: a PC he could wear on his body. In Part 2 of this article, follow along as Cyrus continues his quixotic quest to build the ultimate mobile device -- a wearable PC....

Tags: PC, informIT, Wearable Computer, Desktops, Hardware

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Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic

Electronic ClothingNow, at last, we can have a [b][i]REAL[/i][/b] look & feel suit.DaveRE: Xerox prints computer smarts on fabric, plastic Just from experience with fabricating multi-layer PC boards, I know that we are entering "interesting times". The limit has become your imagination -- if you can visualize a "window-cling" application...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Xerox Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Intel World Mural project - just what will the next 40 years bring?

Intel is turning 40 and while most of us by fast cars, take up motorcycling, or go bungee-jumping to deal with our mid-life crises, Intel asked 500 kids in 21 countries what they expected the next 40 years of computing to bring us. It's actually a great...

Tags: Computing, Computer, Intel Corp., Kid, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Apple makes headway on PC vs Mac front, but isn't that the old war?

Apple makes headway on PC vs Mac front, but isn't that the old war?services forecast: cloudy with a chance of rain((( "The next war is the cloud war, and the battles will be fought around software as a service, desktop as a service, integration as a service, infrastructure as a...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Desktops, PC, Apple Inc., Mac front, old war, Apple Macintosh, software-as-a-service, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Conversational Speech Recognition for Creating Intelligent Agents on Wearables

Paper-based planners and calendar programs run on personal digital assistants are common methods to remind users of tasks and appointments. Both require a certain amount of time to record an entry. Is it worthwhile or even possible to try to create an appointment scheduling system which takes significantly less time...

Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Agent, Intelligent Agent, Appointment, Speech Recognition, PDAs, Real Estate, Emerging Technologies, Handhelds, Hardware, Business Operations

White papers 2008-01-01

Commercial brain computer systems are coming

All over the world, systems that directly connect silicon circuits to brains are under development, and some are nearly ready for commercial applications, according to a new report from the World Technology Evaluation Center and announced by a news release of the University of Southern California USC. Some of the...

Tags: University Of Southern California, Panel, Report, Computer, BCI, Productivity, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-18

Wearing a computer at work

Wearing a computer at workOld NewsPeople have been playing around with this kind of thingsfor years. I saw an underwater model about 2 years ago for use in electronicly mapping salvage sites by a diverSounds a lot like a Tablet PC to me - why are they spending millions on...

Tags: Tablets, PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Robots, tablet PC, computer, tablet, PC

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Wearing a computer at work

The European Union has funded an ambitious project related to wearable technology. This project, named WearIT@work will end in one year and was funded with 14.3 million euros of EU money, even if the total project cost is expected to exceed 23 million euros. For mobile workers, the goal is...

Tags: Project, Aircraft, Information And Communication Technology, Computer, Aerospace & Defense, Productivity, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-29

E-textiles to monitor your health

Virginia Tech VT researchers have been busy developing efficient e-textiles -- electronic textiles and clothing with embedded wires and sensors -- for six years now. Their computerized clothing can monitor your movements, sensing if you're walking, running, standing, or sitting down. Of course, this kind of clothing has a wide...

Tags: Virginia Tech, Monitor, Researcher, Sensor, Health Care, Computer, E-textiles, Wearer, Jumpsuit, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-24

A watch to measure your stress

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University CMU and the University of Pittsburgh are using a wrist-mounted watch to measure stress. This watch, which is in fact a wearable computing system, contains several sensors that gather information about the user and his environment. Now it will be used to conduct 3-minute interviews...

Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Study, Stress, eWatch, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Singularity Summit 2007: Open source Singularity

"If the singularity is in fact near, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for making it happen in a way that spreads its benefits and minimizes its dangers -- in short, making it happen in a way that lets us be good ancestors.,"...

Tags: Software, Scenario, Open Source, System, Benefit, Google Earth, Technology, Tool, Democracy, Singularity Summit 2007, AR World, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Ten Future of Tech bets- and you can vote here on all of them!

All the way back in 2001, the Long Bets Foundation was established. The goal was to put forth several technology-related propositions about whether specific events were going to happen within a specific time period.Even more intriguingly, these bets were articulated by two-person teams of generally well-known technologists. People such...

Tags: Google Inc., VoD, Voice Recognition, Bet, Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Smart fabric mimicking knights armors

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign UIUC have created the world’s smallest chain-mail fabric. This fabric looks like the chain-mail armor worn by medieval knights, but can embed much more recent sensors to create some smart textiles. This fabric, which consists of "a network of small rings about...

Tags: fabric

Blog posts 2007-03-29

Making AI work

Last weeks blog wondering what a consumer would use a petascale handheld for led to some interesting comments - both on the record an off. Heres part of one comment by frequent contributor Roger Ramjet: Maybe with petascale computing, AI could become more than the...

Tags: IS IT

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Microsoft: Steve Ballmer sells to retail in NYC

Steve Ballmer is Microsoft’s top salesperson. This morning, in New York City, he sold Microsoft Retail Solutions to the retail industry, big time.Ballmer, Microsoft Corp. CEO, addressed the National Retail Federation NRF Annual Convention, delivering the keynote of “Retail’s Big Show 2007” to an audience offering “the highest concentration of...

Tags: Business Models, Microsoft, Enterprise, Brands, ecommerce, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft&rsquo, s

Blog posts 2007-01-15