Title :
A pervasive personal trainer, an electronic leash, a light canvas...
Author :
Ebling, Maria ; Corner, Mark
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Abstract :
This installment covers several new devices, most of which are used during activities—a pervasive personal trainer, a Wi-Fi-enabled SD card for eases photo uploading, a new 99-quid laptop focused on the education market, an electronic leash for wandering children, and a new artist medium for reducing stress in a hospital waiting room.
Keywords :
Consumer electronics; Ear; Flash memory; Headphones; Heart rate; Keyboards; Portable computers; Read-write memory; Time measurement; World Wide Web; activity-based computing; pervasive computing; products;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2008.23
