Ventura County Star:
" Imaginations Run Wild As Wearable Computers Gain Attention"

These are the dreams that fill Dick Tracy's wrist and run amok all over the body. Computer geek has gone fashion chic, as if Bill Gates collided with Guccio Gucci in a dark corridor somewhere. These are the gadgets and devices you'll soon wear on you and, in some cases, in you. Welcome to wearable computers, e-wear if you will, digital jewelry. Billed as the trendy way to stay plugged in constantly in the bustling Information Age society, the premise is to make the computer as portable and stylish as possible for those who can't live without immediate access during that power walk through the suburbs. More --

Information Week:
"Wearable Technology: A New Layer Of Security?"

Wearable technology may play a big role in security and disaster-relief operations in the future, speakers at the Tech-U-Wear said. Technology in clothing or on an ID badge will play a big role in security, surveillance, and disaster-relief operations in the future, a panel of speakers said Wednesday at the Tech-U-Wear conference in New York. More --

USA Today:
" Today's Cyborgs Get an Eyeful"

Thad Starner is lying flat on his back on his office couch, staring at the ceiling. Don't bother him. He's working. If you were to walk in on him, you might not know that - at first. But a closer look would reveal the signs: The fingers of his left hand are gliding over a funny little one-handed keyboard called a Twiddler. His glasses aren't just ordinary help-you-see glasses; attached to them is an actual monitor, about the size of a Chiclet. More --

www.e-insite.net
" Americans Say Yes to Multiple Wireless Devices"

According to a recent national poll, more than half of American adults would, if given the choice, gladly carry around multiple wireless devices if that's what it takes to gain access to key communication and productivity tools. Of the remainder, 34 percent were willing to carry just a single device while the other 11 percent don't want to carry around any type of wireless device, even if it was provided at no cost. More --

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications:
" 4G: City moves into futuristic technology"

Information appliances take computing off the desktop and into our everyday world. This survey reviews current applications and predicts where they will lead in the near future. An appliance is a tool or machine adapted for a special purpose. Our retail stores are full of traditional appliances that attempt to improve our lives by making an activity less unpleasant. Appliances may provide an increase in efficiency that liberates personal time, such as a washing machine or dishwasher. Or they may perform a task that users couldn�t carry out to a high standard by hand alone, such as a vacuum cleaner or a label maker. If a task must be performed frequently, it often becomes worth the investment to spend money on a specialized appliance for the job. More --

Amazon.Com:
The Brave New Unwired World:
The Digital Big Bang and the Infinite Internet
by Alex Lightman

A whirlwind tour through the exciting landscape opening up around digital wireless communication.

In The Brave New Unwired World, the CEO of one of today's hottest wireless businesses explores the latest thinking and trends in the exciting world of digital wireless communication and boldly predicts the future of this hot new field. He acquaints readers with the amazing technologies involved and the no less amazing profit opportunities opening up around them. Drawing upon his unique access to top management at Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Verizon, IBM, Cisco, Psion, Microsoft, and other key players, he profiles those who are vying to be among the first to cash in on the wireless revolution while holding their own against brilliant upstarts, government regulation, and the threat of extinction by competitors who appear from virtually nowhere, at any moment. More--

Charmed.Com:
Charmed Technology is proud to introduce the CharmIT (TM) Wearable Kit

Current wearable technology is largely inaccessible to the everyday user. Many systems that exist today are expensive, highly proprietary, and not designed for all-day use. To remedy this, Charmed Technology is proud to introduce the CharmIT (TM) Wearable Kit. The CharmIT is built on the PC/104 specification, which has been an industry standard for embedded computing for nearly ten years. There are hundreds of companies that manufacture a wide variety of PC/104 hardware, and the majority of components are low power and ruggedized. More--

Nanix (TM)

Charmed Technology announced the development of their new computer operating system NANIX (TM), designed to bring the Internet to small wireless devices. Charmed Technology, poised to become a world leader in affordable, miniature, wireless Internet connected products, services, and technologies, is developing prototypes using NANIX (TM) which will open standards for inexpensive infrastructure development in an effort to bring the wireless Internet to people across the world. More--