Late last year, it was leaked that Google is working on a stealthy secret project in its Google X labs and it was revealed that the company is working on a heads-up display (HUD) wearable glasses that runs on the company’s mobile Android operating system. Now, it seems that 9to5google has obtained more information about [...]
Beyond smartphones, mobile giants Apple and Google are working on wearable computing devices that would serve as a proxy and allow its wearers to interact with either their smartphones or with the cloud. Apple had already begun testing the waters for wearable computing technology with the iPod Nano released last year where the Cupertino, California [...]
The New York Times’ Bits blog posted a piece on wearable computers that has all the Apple fans in a tizzy thanks to this one line about a project headed by a small group at the Cupertino company: One idea being discussed is a curved-glass iPod that would wrap around the wrist; people could communicate [...]
Finally digging itself out from the geek niche, The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is rebranding the latest version of the Bluetooth wireless standard, version 4.0, to make it easier for consumers to understand how different BT devices relate to one another as this new standard aims for broad adoption.
Throwing folks in a tizzy, HP CTO Phil McKinney recently showed off a gadget called a “MetaWatch” (previously misquoted as “Metal Watch”) as an example of the direction mobile computing was headed. Quickly, McKinney took to his blog to clear up the concept of the MetaWatch and give credit to Fossil for putting it together.
As you may recall, back in August, HP CTO Phil McKinney was caught on camera playing with a trio of unnamed, unseen gadgets. Two have turned out to be the HP Touchpad and a phone that, based on size, is probably the HP Pre3. The third was an unnamed watch-like device, which turns out to [...]
Previously released with full support for only Android, a new version of the Looxcie wearable camcorder headset has launched for iPhones running iOS 4.2. Good news for iPhone users who want a little spycam to record the events of their daily life, but it could be bigger news for iPad owners who want camera support.
I’m not one of those guys who wears a Bluetooth headset everywhere, but the new Looxcie Wearable Camcorder might just convince me that resistance is futile.
In connection with a panel event at SXSW, entitled “Hacking the Future“, HP CTO Phil McKinney was photographed with a trio of “breakthrough prototypes” that presumably will be shown at the event. The devices were not quite revealed on Twitter.
Been a while since we’ve seen a good wearable computing rig, and I have to say, Martin Magnusson of Sweden manages pulls it off while still looking extremely badass and without shame for what others might think, as he has called his project “Becoming Cyborg”.
Technologizer dug up some patents for unusual portable computing devices and put them together in a segment entitled “Laptopia! The World’s Weirdest Portable Computers”. Indeed, there is some weird, wild stuff in their list, but I have to say, I’m really not pleased with their pick for #10, “Pivot and swivel mechanism for laptop display” [...]
UMPCPortal sits down with the creator of a computer rig that lets you walk around and downloads more data on how it came about. You’ll remember user designate FiveSeven808 and his wearable computer rig from their initial post several weeks ago. This presumably is the interview teased in that debut. The interview goes into the [...]
One of my fellow kama’ainas back home in the 808 (that’s Hawai’i to the rest of you) has put together a wearable computing rig powered by a Sony UX380N. Brian Kuriyama, who goes by the screen name Seven of Nine fiveseven808 (your name’s on your Twitter, brah), put together this sweet system from the following [...]
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