wearable computers full report

[seminar surveyer]

BY
K.Akhila, Shazia.
JNTUH, Karimnagar

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Abstract:
Technology has become such an important part that it is now wearable. Wearable computers can be defined as “data gathering and disseminating devices which enable the user to operate more efficiently. These devices are carried or worn by the user during normal execution. They are efficient way to access the personal information accessed from human input. The clothes that you wear have now become smart enough to know your emotional state .Wearable computers are based on surface computing. The term referred for the use of specialized GUI. Instead of a keyboard and mouse, the user directly interacts with a touch sensitive screen. Skinput is a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission allowing skin to be used as an input surface. IBM, Microsoft (Skinput), MIT, showing keen interest in this field. SNIF- social networking on Fur, reality mining call phone project, smart clothes Light glove, Wrist Pulse Oximeter are the popular wearable computers. They have made their place in all spheres of lives. With a wide range of applications, they are especially useful applications that require computations support while the user’s hands, voice, eyes, arms or attention are actively engaged with the physical environment. Wearable computing is one of the most sought after the fields of Information.


Technology for research and development. Pranav Mystry:”The
Thrilling Potential to Sixth Sense Technology” uses wearable computers. It attempts to free information from it’s confines by seamlessly integrating with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.
It proves that the human body can be used as sensor giving path to a new dimension of computing. The possibilities with wearable computers are endless. In future you may walk down home, tap your palm open the door, and tap some buttons to start your music system. It’s almost like a Magic
Keywords: consistency, intuitive, augmentation, sixth sense, surface computing

Introduction:
Wearable computers are computers that are worn on the body. This type of technology has been used in the behavioral modeling, health monitoring system, information technologies and media development. They give us more flexibility than any other gadget that we commonly use, such as laptops and tablets. Wearable computers provide s portable access to information. Furthermore, the information can be automatically accumulated by the system as the user interacts with the computer and modifies the environment, there by eliminating the costly and error prone process of information acquisition. Also, wearable computers can be easily configured to meet specific needs of applications.
This paper consists of various wearable computers, concept behind their applications.
History: The history of wearable computers takes us way back to the 1500s. The pocket watch invented back then can be noted as the first wearable computer. The concept of modern day wearable computers emerged in the 1960s .The system was a cigarette packet-sized analogue computer that could predict Russian roulette (a casino game) wheels.
Rapid development in this area picked up in the mid 90s.A workshop titled “ Wearable computers within 2005” was conducted in collaboration with the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA).since then , there have been many research projects taken up and many wearable computers created. Some of them are as follows:
In 2001, IBM developed and publically displayed two prototypes for a wrist watch computer running Linux. It Supported a VGA screen .The Watch pad capable of handling text, photos, and animation. It was considered to be very useful for office purposes. Ease in maintenance of appointment details was a feature it promised.
Steve Mann (a scientist from MIT) worked a lot in this field. In 1980s, he designed and built a backpack mounted 6502 based computer to control flash bulbs, cameras and other photographic systems. He developed this system, made it more compact and easy to use.