The wearable motherboard: a framework for personalized mobile information processing (PMIP)

Textiles and computing share a synergistic relationship, which is being harnessed to create a new paradigm in personalized mobile information processing (PMIP). In this paper, we provide an overview of this "interconnection" between the two fields and present the vision for "E-Textiles," which represents the convergence of the two fields. We discuss the role of the Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard in pioneering this paradigm of "fabric is the computer" and serving as a framework for PMIP. Finally, recent research in this area resulting in the realization of a "computational fabric network" is discussed.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: DAC
• Authors: Sungmee Park, Kenneth Mackenzie, Sundaresan Jayaraman
• Keywords: Computational Fabric Network, DAC 2002, Design Automation, Personalized Mobile Information, Tech Wearable Motherboard