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Computers worn like clothes may alter the fabric of everyday life

Wearable computers with an awareness of the environment and mobile access to the Internet may transform the lives of average people if such devices can be made powerful and fashionable enough.

References:

1999. Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC ’99). October 18–19. (See http://church.computer.org/cspress/CATALOG/pr00428.htm.)

Sources:

Richard W. DeVaul
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Media Laboratory
E15-443
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

David Eves
Philips Research Laboratories
Software Engineering and Applications Group
Cross Oak Lane
Redhill, Surrey RH1 5HA
United Kingdom

Jonny Farringdon
Philips Research Laboratories
Software Engineering and Applications Group
Cross Oak Lane
Redhill, Surrey RH1 5HA
United Kingdom

Brian Fisher
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
497 Cory Hall, Room 471
Berkeley, CA 94720

Francine Gemperle
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Engineering
1201 Hamburg Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Michael M. Gorlick
Aerospace Corporation
2350 East El Segundo Boulevard
El Segundo, CA 90245-4691

Seth Hollar
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
497 Cory Hall, Room 471
Berkeley, CA 94720

Juha Kaario
Nokia Research Center
Visiokatu 1, 5409
33720 Tampere
Finland

Steve Mann
University of Toronto
Department of Electrical Engineering
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G4
Canada

Thomas L. Martin
University of Alabama
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Building, Room 217-F
Huntsville, AL 35899

Cliff Randell
University of Bristol
Department of Computer Science
Merchant Venturers Building
Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UB
United Kingdom

Bradley Rhodes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Media Laboratory
Room E15-305D
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Jane Siegel
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891

Daniel P. Siewiorek
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Thad Starner
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Computing
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

Astro Teller
Bodymedia, Inc.
4 Smithfield Street
Suite 1200
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Dick C. Urban
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Microsystems Technology Office
3701 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA 22203-1714

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 21, November 20, 1999, p. 330. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.