Real Life Examples and Research

MIThril, a borglab production. Richard W. DeVaul, Jonathan Gips, Michael Sung, Sandy Pentland

a few representative platforms and applications

The Lizzy

the first MIT general-purpose wearable

http://wearables.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/lizzy/index.html The Lizzy was designed by Thad Starner and Doug Platt at the MIT Media Lab back in 1992/3

Bradley Rhodes Remembrance Agent

why your editor needs context

Remembrance Agents are a set of applications that watch over a user's shoulder and suggest information relevant to the current situation. While query-based memory aids help with direct recall, remembrance agents are an augmented associative memory. http://rhodes.www.media.mit.edu/people/rhodes/RA/

Thad Starner's Swarm of Locusts

IR localization, privacy, and a cool name

The Locust infrared system provides inexpensive messaging and location information without batteries and without its own network.

US Army Land Warrior System

soldiers need wearables, too

Land Warrior program is the US Army's program to modernize the soldier by providing a highly integrated body worn system which integrates into a close combat fighting system to enhance the soldiers situational awareness, mobility, and training.

Task Specific Wearables

The Wearable Operator's Assistant. CMU and Inmedious, Inc

A wearable computing system designed specifically to enhance Shell oil rig technicians capability to perform their job.

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