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BuddyCheckService helps seniors
Re-blogged from Textually.org BuddyCheckService helps seniors that live alone keep their independence. It uses ASR speech technology to enable overtaxed family caregivers to monitor loved ones on a regular basis, and are alerted by text message or call on their mobile phone if there ... Read more ...
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New mobile monitoring system from Loughborough...
Via Medgadget Researchers at Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the Loughborough University in the UK are planning to introduce a portable telemedicine technology to the market. The system enables a doctor to observe remotely up to four different m... Read more ...
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GPS Sneakers Send SMS to Parents if kids go off...
From Textually.org GTX GPS Xplorer Smart Sneakers keep track of your kids and if they wander beyond a delimited area, a GPS signal activates a text message alert to the parents phone. Read more ...
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Driving a Wheelchair with Your Shirt
From Medgadget Researchers Fishbach and Mussa-Ivaldi at Northwestern University's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation have developed a high-tech fabric which promises to help wheelchair bound patients. From the article at MIT Tech Review: Ad... Read more ...
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E-garments
Via WMMNA Philips Design has prototyped two garments that demonstrate how electronics can be incorporated into fabrics and clothes to express the emotions and personality of the wearer. Bubelle, the "blushing dress" comprises two layers, the inner one is equipped with sensors that respo... Read more ...
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New wrist-worn Linux PC targets healthcare
Via Emerging Technology Trends The Zypad WL 1000 is a new hands-free PC running Linux or Windows CE, which offers wireless networking and GPS tracking. It also includes a patented orientation sensor that can be configured to induce standby when the user's arm drops. According ... Read more ...
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IST Mobile Summit 2006
IST Mobile Summit 2006 is taking place 4-8 June 2006, in Myconos, Greece The Summit will distribute the latest information covering all aspects of wireless telecommunications for systems of present and future generation to managers, researchers, hardware/software designers and other profe... Read more ...
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//MUKANA
via we-make-money-not-art Mukana is a wearable wireless device to help the visually impaired, which connects technology with textiles. The system consists of a cell phone, a wireless headset, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module and voice recognition software. Users can ask the syst... Read more ...
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Lost in translation? Get CMU translation goggles
via Engadget Researchers from the International Center for Advanced Communication Technologies (interACT), a joint venture of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Karlsruhe, have developed a wearable system, which allows real-time speech translation. The system consists of consists of... Read more ...
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On-the-Move Interaction with Everyday Objects
Via Technology Research News MIT researchers have designed and developed a bracelet called ReachMedia that is able to identify objects the user is holding and then to connect to the Internet, to search information concerning these objects. The system is also able to detect and re... Read more ...