Wearable Computers in Canada

JR writes "The Ottawa Citizen, in their weekly High Technology News feature, recently reported on a 'Wearable Computing' research trial currently going on at the University of Toronto. Is this the future? I hope so :) "

Steve Mann & Humanistic Computing

[Anonymous Coward]

Steve Mann is a funny fellow. He's vehemently anti-Microsoft and pro-Linux (the ability to view and modify the source is important to him), yet he's extremely secretive about some of his research and carefully protects his intellectual property through patents.

Maybe that's not contradictory; perhaps his main reason for patenting his inventions is so he gets credit where credit is due.

He also puts a lot of effort into publicizing his work and getting the attention of the press.

I believe he was one of the early pioneeers of wearable computing at MIT. A little birdie told me that there are personal differences between him and the Media Lab people (MIT pretty boys are getting unwarranted attention) and he's now trying to set up his own wearable computing group at the University of Toronto.

See more detailed article: Linux Journal - Feb. 99

[Herschel Cohen]

Steve Mann, has more to say in the LJ #68 pp 10-19. However, some details seem to differ from the article referenced here, unless I misread the Linux Journal text.

A computer at all times

[dattaway]

Laptops are heavy and perhaps it would be nice to have a discretely hidden link to the net. This would be a good during dull meetings that need some fresh ideas. People will wonder how this person all of a sudden got so smart.

Sounds Good.

[Poopdbq]

I'd wear one.

Wearable Computers

[LordMyren]

I'm sorry, you evidently have been living in a cave for quite some time now. MIT already has a very healthy populatioin of wearable computer cyborgs and numerous other places (georgia tech) are starting their own programs. Possibly the best leaps in this field are by Steve Mann whose creating something truly practical and marketable which is also what I intend to create for my colledge computer, an underwearable computer. That is a computer which is totally integrated into your clothing and not noticable to anyone else. A completely integrated computer undetectable to anyone else.

MIT webpage:
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/projects/wearables/
Mann's:
http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/

Your cave correction team!
Myren