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2. ST. THOMAS ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
PUTHENCRUZ
SEMINAR ON
WEARABLE COMPUTER
Presented By:
THOMAS M PAUL

3. WEARABLE COMPUTER

4. CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DEFENITION
CHARACTERISTICS
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
COMPONENTS

5. CONTENTS
ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM
DISADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

6. INTRODUCTION

7. INTRODUCTION
A WEARABLE COMPUTER IS A COMPUTING DEVICE SMALL AND LIGHT ENOUGH
TO BE WORN ON ONE’S BODY WITHOUT CAUSING DISCOMFORT
IT MAY ALSO BE INTEGRATED INTO EVERYDAY OBJECTS THAT ARE
CONSTANTLY WORN ON THE BODY
IT SHOULD BE WORN LIKE GLASSES, WATCHES, AND CLOTHING.
IT SHOULD ACT AS AN INTELIGENT ASSISTANT.
INVENTED BY STEVE MANN IN THE 1970’S

8. DEFENITION

9. DEFENITION
A SMALL PORTABLE COMPUTER THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE WORN ON THE
BODY DURING USE.
WEARBLE COMPUTERS SHOULD BE LIKE GLASSES, WATCHES, AND CLOTHING.

10. CHARACTERISTICS

11. CHARACTERISTICS
WEARABLE COMPUTER IS DEFINED BY SIX MAIN CHARACTERISTICS.
THESE ATTRIBUTES OF WEARABLE COMPUTING ARE DESCRIBED FROM THE HUMAN’S
POINT OF VIEW:
1. UN MONOPOLIZING (OF THE USER ATTENTION)
 WEARABLE COMPUTER DOES’NT CUT YOU OFF FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD SUCH
AS A VIRTUAL REALITY GAME OR THE LIKE.
2. UNRESTRICTIVE (TO THE USER)
 WHEN USING IT, YOU CAN DO OTHER THINGS.

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3. OBSERVABLE (BY THE USER)
 IT CAN KEEP YOUR ATTENTION CONTINUOUSLY IF YOU WANT IT TO.
4. CONTROLLABLE (BY THE USER)
 IT IS A RESPONSIVE SYSTEM. YOU CAN GRAB CONTROL OF IT ANY TIME YOU
WANT.
5. COMMUNICATIVE (TO OTHERS)
 IT CAN BE USED AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIUM WHEN YOU WANT IT TO.

13. ARICHITECTURE AND
DESIGN

14. ARICHITECTURE AND DESIGN
HARDWARE DESIGN
SOFTWARE DESIGN

15. HARDWARE DESIGN
Figure : Vest-based configurations for the MIThril system

16. SOFTWARE DESIGN
SOFTWARE DESIGN
The software design is composed of
the Enchantment Whiteboard, the
Enchantment Signal system, and a RealTime Context Engine. These tools
provide the foundation for developing
modular, distributed, context-aware
wearable and ubiquitous computing
applications. Enchantment Whiteboard
is based on a client/server model in
which clients post and read structured
information on whiteboard server.
Figure: Whiteboard example of Echat.

17. COMPONENTS

18. COMPONENTS

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20. HOW IT WORKS ???

21. APPLICATION AREA

22. APPLICATION AREA

24. APPLICATION AREA

25. APPLICATION AREA

26. OTHER AREAS...

27. ADVANTAGES

28. ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM

29. CONTINUED...

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31. DISADVANTAGES

32. DISADVANTAGES OF THE
SYSTEM

33. CONTINUED...

34. CONCLUSION

35. CONCLUSION

36. ANY QUESTIONS ???