{"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":"

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 – albeit for now in a flash sale – for $1,500 (US). The wearable device comes with Terms Of Service. Google Glass<\/a><\/p>\n

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As innovative as the Android-powered device is it is not the first such device.<\/p>\n

In 2011, Microsoft had The Printing Dress. One could change and personalize the dress’ message or typeface. Microsoft’s The Printing Dress<\/a><\/p>\n

Sony has been selling an Android wrist watch called Sony SmartWatch. Sony’s SmartWatch<\/a><\/p>\n

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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

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. AgencyGlass<\/a><\/p>\n

If all of this is decidedly too hi-tech for your personal needs or preferences there is always the Weibo ‘Wang Shou-Ying.’ Her ‘keyboard hat’ (scroll down to the middle of the page) is as technologically advanced as she allows her creations to be. Wang Shou-Ying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 – albeit for now in a flash sale – for $1,500 (US). The wearable […]<\/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":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t