wearable computing – Steve Blum's Blog

Leaving CES, entering the future

11 January 2013 by Steve Blum
africa, geek stuff, home automation, india, innovation, linux, makers, mobile, open source, planet earth, showstoppers, wearable computing

Developers jump on a new mobile platform.

If mobile, desktop and other devices like TVs converge on a single operating system, it'll be a Linux variant. When processing, display and input technology get to the point that the size and form factor of a device is irrelevant, an open source ecosystem will provide a cross-sector point of convergence for developers and manufacturers. Service providers will follow. It's an entrepreneurs' world.

Windows 8 will survive as a mobile operating system.… More

The easy job was inventing wearable computing

3 January 2013 by Steve Blum
CES2019, geek stuff, google, innovation, mobile, new stuff, samsung, wearable computing

It takes mojo to make the glasses and cuffs work, baby.

Expect entrepreneurs to bring the best not-ready-for-prime-time wearable computing concepts to CES.

Samsung's flexible touch screen and Google's Glass project could be ready for market as early as CES 2014. The prototypes that'll be floated next week will show us if they've narrowed the gap between the clunky toys that are available today and the sleek artwork that designers have been teasing us with for years.… More