_UbiComp-Beispielsammlung

2_smart mobile devices + wearables

-mobile devices
- jenseits der normalen Mobilephones, PDAs und Notebooks
-information appliances
-neue Interaktionsmodelle
-Produkte und Studien


# Musical Jacket
*arch+ 152/153, S. 142
* http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO50345,00.html
- Kooperation von Philips und Levi‘s
- erstes Wearable-Produkt
- Jacke mit integriertem Telefon, MP3 Player und Kopfhörer im Kragen


# Thinks That Think
* www.form.de/professional/n/n1.htm [09-08-99]
- MIT
- Neil Gershenfeld: Kühlschrank-Auto-Supermarkt-Milch Kaufen-Bsp
- “If You look at the little example, I just got the right piece of information at just the right time
- Wearables: Jeans Jacke und Schuhe; Chip in Jacke meldet Waschmaschiene wie sie zu Waschen wäre -> User Manual/ Meta Information an Objekt gekoppelt
- Books that change into other books
- Musical instruments that engage beginners and help experts do more
- Shoes that communicate through body networks
- Printers that output working things instead of static objects
- Money that contains behavior as well as value


# IBM Watch Pad 1.5
* http://www.research.ibm.com/WearableComputing/factsheet.html
- bluetooth module (band joint)
- irDA port
- touchsensitive 320 x 240 BW-LCD
- vibrator
- piezo speaker
- accelerometer
- fingerprint sensor
- microphone
- battery terminal


# CharmBadge
*www.charmed.com
- Firma von Thad Starner/ GA Tech
- very simple wearable computer
- charm badge
    > use in conferences
    > memory card: people; products; time
    > records time
    > exchange of business cards
    > information is downloaded to a website
- ranking
    > order of conversations
- helps memory
- remember course of conversation
- compare SZKH project / Syntax


# MIT Media Lab Startle Cam


# Field Mouse/ Sony CSL
* http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/masui/Research/RWGUI_e.html
- Siio
- barcode scanner + optical device
- sliding => scanning + controling volume
- physical icons
- used in books
- information appliance
- FieldMouse is an interesting example of combining two different kinds of input technologies (a barcode reader and a motion sensor). It brings GUI components such as buttons, menus and sliders into the physical space. Some of this work was presented at the UIST'99 conference.


# InfoPoint/ Sony CSL
* http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/rekimoto/iac/
- A direct-manipulation device for Inter-Appliance Computing
- information appliances# Nintendo e-reader
- plug in / reader
- cards augmented with information
- card enables to play game - no cassette


# LEONIE
- GPS + mobilphone in teddy bear
- purpose: tracking children
- study: parents are willing to pay app. 25 Euro p.M.


# Bar Mail, 1997
* www.barmail.org
- Barcode reader with memory
- stand alone or ceonnected to mobile phones
- sends codes vai SMS to bar code server; server sends e-mail back
- componay founded in 1997 with support from Ericsson
- June 2000: Motorala investment
- current status unclear


# Cross Convergence, 2000
- mobile scanner and pen
- Sieht aus wie Füller; ein Ende zunm Schreiben; anderes Ende zum Scannen
- $ 90
- allows to link from a printed page directly to the web
- sans barcodes on printed material
- no wireless communication; docking station


# Cross-Pad/ CROSS - Pen Computing Group
* http://www.cross-pcg.com/cross/crosspads.html
* Gellersen et Al. 2001
- eines der ersten Information Appliances
- Cross Pad captures hand-written notes on paper
- Schreiben mit Kuli auf Papierblock
- Digitalsieren der Strokes -> Erkennen der zeitlichen Abfolge des geschriebenen; Ideal für die Auswertung von Formularen
- vom Markt seit 2001 (?)
- Nachfolger von IBM gekoppelt an NoteBook


# NetPen/ CROSS - Pen Computing Group
* http://www.cross-pcg.com/cross/netpen.html
- NetPen scans a PaperClick code and fetches URLs


# CueCat, 2000
* http://www.crq.com/cuecat.html
* http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Bar_Code/CueCat/
* http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-524098.html?legacy=zdnn
* Slides/ Mattern Dagstuhl
- keeps personal log of advertisements you are interested in on CueCat website
- BarCode Scanner
- LED based, attached to computer via keyboard port
- 10 Mio free scanners distributed in the US in 2000
    > 50 Mio were planned for 2001
    > estimated cost of $ 5-10 per CueCat => $ 0,5 Bio
- sends the webbrowser directly the location when scanning the bar code af an ad in an magazine
- each device with a own ID => permits to track the user behaviour
- Business Modell: CueCat as „gate keeper between codes and their desitination online“; => owns the information about the user, the mapping etc.


# Anoto Chatpen 2002
* http://www.anoto.com
- pen-like device
- uses special paper with a irregular pattern of small dots
- pen calculates its position
    > illuminates pattern with infrared
    > ink from pen not visible for system
- sends calculated positions to other devices via Bluetooth
    > together with Pen-ID
- Notera; Service von Vodoafone zur Datenübertragung
- LogiTech hat Kooperation angekündigt
- App: Bestellen durch Ankreuzen usw.


# iGlassware
* http://www.merl.com/proejcts.iGlassware/
- selbstnachbestellendes Glass
- „System monitors fluid level of glasses through wireless connection and alerts wait staff when to ask for new drink order.“


# Creative Labs Nomad Juke Box
* http://www.nomadworld.com/welcome.asp
- music transfer software reprts all uploads to Creative Labs


# Sony eMarker
* http://www.emarker.com
- lets you figure out the artists and titles of songs you hear on the radio. And keeps a personal lof of all the music youl like on the eMarker website.


# E-Books / FX PAL /Xerox
* http://www.fxpal.xerox.com
* http://www.fxpal.xerox.com/research_areas_home.htm
- Smart Media Spaces
- Personal and Mobile Computing


# mimio/ Virtual Ink
* http://www.virtual-ink.com
- mimio captures things written or drawn on a whiteboard, in color and realtime - and then transmits the information directly into a computer


# Mobile Neighborhood Watch (MNW)
* http://penguin.cc.gt.atl.ga.us:8080/schwa/8
- "The Mobile Neighborhood Watch (MNW) is a micro camera/record system with wireless communication access to the World Wide Web designed to protect the privacy of the individual from Big Brother, while promoting a sense of community among users. This MNW is disguised in as a pair of sunglasses, that is light and comfortable to wear. (...)"


# IBM Meta PAD
* http://www.research.ibm.com/thinkresearch/pages/2002/20020207_metapad.shtml


# Smart Quill pen / Microsoft
* http://www.research.microsoft.com/msrnews/smartquill.asp


# Lovegetty (ca. 1998)
- http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,12899,00.html
- The Lovegety was a huge hit in Japan: When a "male" and a "female" lovegety come within range, they both beep.


# Cybiko
* http://www.cybiko.com
- PDA-like portable
- QWERTY keyboard
- RF communication with friends within range


# i-Glasses
* http://www.i-glasses.com
- A tiny head-mounted display in the shape of a pair of glasses
- pretty cheap


# Xybernaut
* http://www.xybernaut.com/
- wearable computers


# Jacob Nielsen's JavaRing
* http://www.useit.com/papers/javaring.html
- good example of wearables that doesn't make you look like a Terminator


# Pocket Lie detector for Mobilephones
* http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/15086.html
* http://www.goodmorningshop.com/shop/goods/view.asp?g_code=TNF_100a


# Attention Trainer
* http://www.attention.com
- a helmet with some sort of sensors that measure "attention"
- Presumably this is actually EEG equipment
- helmet does not give direct biofeedback but is connected to a computer where you play video games


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