Wearable Mobile Augmented concept

wearable mobile augmented

concept: stretchability

As computer devices become flexible and stretchy, they also become more easily integrated into everyday life. They mimic human skin and other organic organisms.

Many projects are working to create flexible computers. Dr. John Rogers, professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois is working on stretchable silicon integrated circuit and says “The notion that silicon cannot be used in such applications because it is intrinsically brittle and rigid has been tossed out the window” [Science Daily release]

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7/7/08 > contact lenses for tiny personal display “bionic contact lenses”> still prototype > Babak Parviz, University of Washington, “Contact lenses are made from flexible transparent polymers, just the sort of challenging material that Parviz likes to stick tiny electronic circuits on. ‘The driver is not to make something small. The driver is to make something that's cool and useful. Having a display in a contact lens is very useful.’” TThe Guardian (Article) (7/3/2008)

3/08/08> flexible computers > Dr. John Rogers profile> University of Illinois

2/25/2008> Nokia Morph concept > Nokia and University of Cambridge launch the Morph - a nanotechnology concept device “Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes”