16-07-2011, 01:45 PM
With computing devices becoming smaller and smaller it is now possible for an individual to don such a device like a hat or jacket. It is clear that these technology will enable us to extent the desktop resources (including memory computation and communication) to anywhere in travel. Also this constant access, augmented by a battery of body mounted sensors will enable a computer to be sensitive to the activities in which we are engaged and thus allow the computer to participate in an active manner as we perform our tasks. This area includes computer science, computer engineering and phsycology. Wearable Computer has come a long way from the days of the WearComp. Extensive research and development work at various centers have ensured that these wonderful devices will change our lives dramatically in the near future. Several commercial vendors have started manufacturing and marketing these devices.
The earlier devices were quite obtrusive and often made the wearer ill at ease, but recently, such devices have been gaining social acceptance. This is attributed partly to miniaturization and partly to dramatic changes in people’s attitude to personal electronics. This factor will soon disappear as the apparatus disappears into ordinary clothing and eyeglasses. Clothing based computing with personal imaging will blur all boundaries between seeing and viewing and between remembering and recording. Rather than living within our own personal information domain, networking will enlarge our scope through shared visual memory which enables us to “remember “something we have never seen.
