Sometimes we come across a wild idea that really tries to re-imagine things, and re-conceiving wearable computing as a distributed system of “fiber computers” embedded into textiles is definitely that ...

Listen, you tech-savvy, trend-resisting cynic you. I want you to stop dismissing wearable computing as a pointless, narcissistic fad. Wearable computing is not for people too lazy to look at their ...

Heavily funded through NASA and the non-profit SETI (Search for prototype `Mars suits’ built by Hamilton-Sundstrand, the makers of spacesuits for NASA. “Xybernaut equipment will help pioneer human ...

In the office, you can sit in front of a computer. Out in the field or in a warehouse, that’s not possible — but it is possible to wear one. “We increased our ...

It’s a brainy Band-Aid, a smart watch without the watch, and a leap forward for wearable health technologies. Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) ...

The size and scope of rumors about the internal workings of Valve have been increasing as of late: From super-secret console development plans to private meetings between Gabe Newell and Apple CEO Tim ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. When I started using a computer in the mid-1970s, it was on a ...

Rasib Khan, Ph.D. and Ragib Hasan, Ph.D., who is wearing a prototype of the cloud jacket.Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are exploring the concept of a wearable personal cloud — ...

In a move that the interested parties said would supercharge the industrial adoption of wearable computer technology, and also redefine the industrial augmented reality (AR) market, provider of ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The march toward wearable computing beyond the wrist has been filled with fits and starts.

Wearable computers have brought increased efficiency to Bell Canada International Inc. workers, saving each repair person 50 minutes per day on average. But despite the advantages that wearables have ...

SOA: The trail, this time, starts with a pair of those O ROKR Bluetooth sunglasses, which leads to the topic of wearable computing and that, quite naturally, points journeymen toward ubiquitous ...