{"id":1645,"date":"2014-04-20T14:14:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T19:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2014-10-23T21:12:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T02:12:15","slug":"hot-right-now-wearable-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"Hot Right Now: Wearable Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may know that in the United States Google has begun selling its Google Glass to the public. After limiting it to a select number of testers and developers Google Glass was made available to the public this month &#8211; albeit for now in a flash sale &#8211; for $1,500 (US). The wearable device comes with Terms Of Service. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/glass\/start\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/glass\/start\/\">Google Glass<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/images.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/images.jpg\" alt=\"images\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As innovative as the Android-powered device is it is not the first such device.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Microsoft had The Printing Dress. One could change and personalize the dress&#8217; message or typeface. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/features\/2011\/aug11\/08-03printingdress.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/news\/features\/2011\/aug11\/08-03printingdress.aspx\">Microsoft&#8217;s The Printing Dress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sony has been selling an Android wrist watch called Sony SmartWatch. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.sonymobile.com\/us\/products\/accessories\/smartwatch\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sonymobile.com\/us\/products\/accessories\/smartwatch\/\">Sony&#8217;s SmartWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/index.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1653 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/index.jpg\" alt=\"index\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These are not the only games in town however. Not to be outdone by mega corporations independent researchers and entrepreneurs have also jumped into the fray.<\/p>\n<p>There is the AgencyGlass. Dr. Hirotaka Osawa of the University Of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan has developed a wearable device called AgencyGlass, which always projects an interested or happy eye contact. It is aimed at the employee who has to consistently interact with customers of co-workers. <a title=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/artificial-intelligence\/wearable-eyes-agencyglass-emotional-cyborgs\" href=\"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/artificial-intelligence\/wearable-eyes-agencyglass-emotional-cyborgs\">AgencyGlass<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If all of this is decidedly too hi-tech for your personal needs or preferences there is always the Weibo &#8216;Wang Shou-Ying.&#8217; Her &#8216;keyboard hat&#8217; (scroll down to the middle of the page) is as technologically advanced as she allows her creations to be. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.narinari.com\/Nd\/20140425546.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.narinari.com\/Nd\/20140425546.html\">Wang Shou-Ying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may know that in the United States Google has begun selling its Google Glass to the public. After limiting it to a select number of testers and developers Google Glass was made available to the public this month &#8211; albeit for now in a flash sale &#8211; for $1,500 (US). The wearable <a href='https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/?p=1645' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,21,20,19,23],"aioseo_notices":[],"modified_by":"Ali Ghaemi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alighaemi.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}