This class of wearable technology has been developed for general or special purpose information technologies and media development.

The development of wearable items has taken several steps of miniaturization from discrete electronics over hybrid designs to fully integrated designs, where just one processor chip, a battery and some interface conditioning items make the whole unit.

Also, the 6th-generation iPod Nano has a wristwatch attachment available to convert it to a wearable wristwatch computer.

The commercialization of general-purpose wearable computers, as led by companies such as Xybernaut, CDI and ViA Inc, has thus far met with limited success.

Panasonic has specialized in mobile computing with their Toughbook line for over 10 years and has extensive market research into the field of portable, wearable computing products.

Google has announced that it has been working on a wearable optical device.

Mann has been described as the " father of wearable computing ".

However, there has been some debate as to whether or not Thorp's covert timing device is a wearable computer in the modern sense of " computer " as a general-purpose device.

Mann has been described as the founder of the field of wearable computing based on his early work in personal imaging, although there is controversy surrounding the exact definition of wearable computing, and whether any one person can be considered to have invented it.

The New Zealand city of Nelson has gained a worldwide reputation in the field of wearable art, with its World of WearableArt Awards, held annually since 1987.

The EyeTap is a hard technology to categorize under the three main headers for wearable computing ( Constancy, Augmentation, Mediation ) for while it is in theory a constancy technology in nature it also has the ability to augment and mediate the reality the user perceives.

Steven Mann has been referred to as the father of wearable computing due to his original works back in the 1980s however this has been often disputed due to the fact that there have been many other publications on the theory decades beforehand.

Ever since this first version it has gone through multiple models as wearable computing evolves, allowing the EyeTap to shrink down to a smaller and less weighty version.

Starner is a strong advocate of continuous-access, everyday-use systems, and has worn his own customized wearable computer continuously since 1993.

Since 1993, Starner has been wearing his own customized wearable computer system full time, arguably one of the longest, if not the longest, such instance.

Since 2006 he has been chair and professor of Performance Technologies at Brunel University, West London, where he created a research group ( Design and Performance Lab ) dedicated to investigations of wearable technology in cross-over fields of performance, music, design, digital art and fashion.

Unlike keyboards, the wearable computer keyer has no board upon which the switches are mounted.

EMG has also been used in research towards a " wearable cockpit ," which employs EMG-based gestures to manipulate switches and control sticks necessary for flight in conjunction with a goggle-based display.

DARPA has funded efforts to harness energy from leg and arm motion, shoe impacts, and blood pressure for low level power to implantable or wearable sensors.

Some higher-end manufacturers make externally threaded barbells with " step-down threading ", where the threaded section has a smaller diameter than the wearable section ; these are fairly uncommon and usually internally threaded barbells are used in their place.

Most wearable art is made of fibrous materials and constitutes therefore a branch of the wider field of fiber art, which includes both wearable and non-wearable forms of art using fabric and other fiber products.

* Steve Mann ( born 1962 ), Canadian professor, founder of the field of wearable computing

Head-mounted or wearable glasses may be used to view a see-through image imposed upon the real world view, creating what is called augmented reality.

I took this picture using a wearable computer and cybernetic flash, to create a virtual computer environment to help me find the best angle in which to direct the flash to get the best view down into the grille.

The development of Sensor Web technology may lead to wearable bodily sensors to monitor ongoing conditions, like diabetes or epilepsy, which would alert patients and doctors when treatment is required using wireless communication and PDAs.

One of the main features of a wearable computer is consistency.

The International Symposium on Wearable Computers is the longest-running academic conference on the subject of wearable computers.

Today still " wearable computing " is a topic of active research, with areas of study including user interface design, augmented reality, pattern recognition.

Timex Datalink is another example of a practical wearable computer.

Evidence of the allure of the wearable computer and the weak market acceptance is evident with market leading Panasonic Computer Solutions Company's failed product in this market.

* FLORA, a wearable electronic platform which is Arduino compatible.

* Access to the Internet is completely wireless and provided by wearable or implanted computers.

* Making use of real-time image displayed on a wearable display, it is possible to create a see-through effect.

This is to include credit card purchases, web sites visited, the content of telephone calls and e-mails sent and received, scans of faxes and postal mail sent and received, instant messages sent and received, books and magazines read, television and radio selections, physical location recorded via wearable GPS sensors, biomedical data captured through wearable sensors, The high level goal of this data logging is to identify " preferences, plans, goals, and other markers of intentionality.

Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation is a modern development of the iron lung, consisting of a wearable rigid upper-body shell ( a cuirass ) which functions as a negative pressure ventilator.

Context awareness is used to design innovative user interfaces, and is often used as a part of ubiquitous and wearable computing.

The PPM is a wearable portable device much like a pager or cell phone, that electronically gathers inaudible codes that identify the source of a broadcast, such as a radio station.

For example, the Walkie Talkie is a device that is hand-held when in use, and wearable when not in use.

While the making of any article of clothing or other wearable object typically involves aesthetic considerations, the term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious and unique artistic creation or statement.

Several companies have however attempted to develop a computer contained in a wristwatch ( see also wearable computer ).

The decade also saw the emergence of tie-dyeing and screen-printing on the basic T-shirt and the T-shirt became a medium for wearable art, commercial advertising, souvenir messages and protest art messages.

Just like I am pretty casual about my dressing, my line will also consist of an extremely wearable yet stylish collection.

EyeTap is also the name of an organization founded by inventor Steve Mann to develop and promote EyeTap-related technologies such as wearable computing.

Starner is also researching dual-purpose speech, where a wearable computer will be able to interpret certain speech patterns and bring up appropriate programs, such as a calendar for scheduling appointments.

Energy harvesting ( also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging ) is the process by which energy is derived from external sources ( e. g., solar power, thermal energy, wind energy, salinity gradients, and kinetic energy ), captured, and stored for small, wireless autonomous devices, like those used in wearable electronics and wireless sensor networks.

Bakken, the founder of Medtronic and the inventor of the first wearable pacemaker, had also spent many years fixing old radios and TVs, and shared Pavek's passion for vintage hardware.

He also developed and applied effective hedge fund techniques in the financial markets, and collaborated with Claude Shannon in creating the first wearable computer.

The bonnet also contains the packing, a wearable material that maintains the seal between the bonnet and the stem during valve cycling.

They also refer to these vehicles as wearable personal mobility vehicles.

Sensory substitutions have also been successful with the emergence of wearable haptic actuators like vibrotactile motors, solenoids, peltier diodes, etc.

* In pop culture, humorous variants of such a panic button also exist, such as a wearable button bearing only the word " PANIC " or an adhesive key, meant to look like a key for a computer keyboard, usually red, and also bearing only the word " PANIC ".