Remember those sci-fi moves that told us the world would one day possess a wearable computer?
Their Diabetes Management Assistant (DIMA) is a wearable computer system with wireless communication including a glucose meter, digital camera and pedometer.
Developers at Carnegie Mellon University's wearable computer department have looked at how a wearable computer system can help diabetics manage their disease.
The work conducted at the Wearable Computer Lab is painstaking and delicate.
Another similar-but-bulkier device is the the Golden-i (pictured above), a standalone wearable computer produced by Kopin in collaboration with Verizon and Motorola Solutions.
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Started in 1998, the Tinmith project is the brainchild of Dr Wayne Piekarski who is Assistant Director of the University's Wearable Computer Lab.
The first wearable computer was used in a Las Vegas casino in 1961 by Claude Shannon and Ed Thorp, mathematicians and gamblers from MIT.
The notion at the time was to have a full, wearable computer screen that could be used for entertainment, gaming and even work applications.
The poll will continue for the next few hours, but the current results are clear: investors are not overly about the prospects of a wearable computer.
Starner is at the forefront of wearable computing, developing intelligent, wearable systems that can record and repay information, and has worn his own custom-made wearable computer since 1993.
But when you start packing more power, sensors and connection options like Bluetooth into a watch, it ceases to be a watch and becomes a small wearable computer.
Although other businesses like IBM have been developing wearable computer devices, Pair claims the "Brave New Unwired World" show, which is making several stops on a world tour, offers something unique.
In it, we get to see how the search giant's integrated all its apps and functions in the upcoming wearable computer, how you're likely to use it, and what the results might be.
As for the watch that Apple is rumored to be designing, it would make a lot more sense for the Mac maker to produce a truly unique and wearable computer than an actual watch.
Apple, of course, already sells a wearable computer.
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For example, if you are skiing down a mountain and are fortunate enough to be wearing a pair of Oakley Airwaves, their wearable computer goggles, you might want to see an ad for drinks or dinner in the lodge below.
If you've been wondering what all the Google this, Glass that fuss is all about, Mountain View's revealed what it'll be like to actually port a pair of its upcoming virtual specs with a new video, now that it's announced limited availability of the wearable computer.
The GD300's sleek ergonomic design was the result of input and feedback from wearable-computer users from the military, government and emergency first responders.
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If your aging parent has dementia, consider getting him or her a wearable a GPS device that permits you to monitor his location from your computer.
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