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ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Novel Method for Joint Motion Sensing on a Wearable Computer
Some wearable computing applications require sensing devices that detect the deflection of joints during human motion. Presented here is a novel non-invasive technique for measuri...
Aaron Toney
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
The Invention of the First Wearable Computer
The first wearable computer was conceived in 1955 by the author to predict roulette, culminating in a joint
Edward O. Thorp
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Wearable Computer System with Augmented Reality to Support Terrestrial Navigation
To date augmented realities are typically operated in only a small de ned area, in the order of a large room. This paper reports on our investigation into expanding augmented real...
Bruce H. Thomas, Victor Demczuk, Wayne Piekarski, ...
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Development of a Commercially Successful Wearable Data Collection System
Symbol Technologies has completed a unique accomplishment; it has created a commercially successful Wearable Computer. The success of this product is directly due to a structured ...
Robert Stein, Stephen Ferrero, Margaret Hetfield, ...
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Visual Contextual Awareness in Wearable Computing
Small, body-mounted video cameras enable a different style of wearable computing interface. As processing power increases, awearablecomputercanspendmoretimeobserving its user to p...
Thad Starner, Bernt Schiele, Alex Pentland
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Speaking and Listening on the Run: Design for Wearable Audio Computing
The use of speech and auditory interaction on wearable computers can provide an awareness of events and personal messages, without requiring one's full attention or disruptin...
Nitin "Nick" Sawhney, Chris Schmandt
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Augment-able Reality: Situated Communication through Physical and Digital Spaces
Most existing augmented reality systems only provide a method for browsing information that is situated in the real world context. This paper describes a system that allows users ...
Jun Rekimoto, Yuji Ayatsuka, Kazuteru Hayashi
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Preliminary Investigation of Wearable Computers for Task Guidance in Aircraft Inspection
This paper describes a preliminary investigation of how the capabilities of wearable computers may be used to provide task guidance in mobile environments. Specifically, this stud...
Jennifer J. Ockerman, Amy R. Pritchett
ISWC
1998
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Parasitic Power Harvesting in Shoes
system to date has served all of the needs of wearable computing--light weight, minimum effort, high power generation, convenient power delivery, and good power regulation. We beli...
John Kymissis, Clyde Kendall, Joseph A. Paradiso, ...