Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Chosen New Information Technology, Wearable Computers

This picture shows the "SixSense" worn by the developer at MIT. http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
My chosen new information technology is wearable computers.
A wearable computer is a computer that can be worn on the body. These devices are very useful for users that require computational support while their hands, eyes, voice, arms or attention are actively engaged withthe physical environment.
Unlike laptops, iphones, blackberries and PDAs, wearable computers are constantly turned on and interacts with a real world task. The device is very context sensitive.

A wearable computer consists of a computing unit carried on a belt, in a jacket, on the head, on an eye piece or around the neck and arm. The display would be integrated with the computing unit or in the form of a projector attached to the computing unit like the "SixSense", which is a new wearable computing device developed from the lab of MIT. It offers profound interaction between the real world and the world of data.
Reference:
New generation of wearable computers-Ramesh Panuganty
Wearable computer-Steve Mann, University of Toronto

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