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HARDWEAR


Complete Wearable Systems (Commercial)

  • Army's Land Warrior System (wearable system)
  • CharmIT Wearable (COTS wearable development kits with enclosures)
  • Freedom Scientific PAC Mate BNS (PocketPC based wearable with speech output and braille input for blind)
    Genesis Technology Mobile Assistant (Xybernaut clone) [
  • Dead Link]
  • Hands Free Mobile (wearable computers and electronics with support)
  • Hitachi WIA (SH-4based WinCE wearable sold as Xybernaut Poma in US)
  • Hitachi Wearable Internet Appliance (Hitachi SH-4 chip, WinCE 3.0)
  • Infologix ViaII-CT/SR (new and improved VIA wearables based on Transmeta Crusoe, Rugged Waterproof version available)
  • MiniSun IDEEA (Ultra low power 32bit embedded wearable computer and sensor array for analyzing body physical data and activity)
    PGI RoadRunner, Humming Bird, Condor (compact rugged computers) [
  • Dead Link]
    Teltronics Mentis Wearable Computer () [
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  • Vocollect Talkman (Voice interactive StrongArm/WinCE wearable)
  • XyberKids (MA V wearable in a backpack for kids)
  • Xybernaut Poma (New pda sized WinCE wearable with 800x600 HMD)
  • Xybernaut Wearable Computers (the most popular x86, and now Xscale and Transmeta based wearable in the world)

    Complete Wearable Systems (In Development)

  • 2nd Generation iPAQ Wearable Computer (designed by Ralf Ackermann at KOM, Darmstadt University Germany)
  • ADS Bitsy-Borg (ADS Bitsy StrongArm based wearable design)
  • Anurag Sehgal's Mountaineering Wearable (system architecture and prototype interfaces for climbing capable wearable)New
  • Battlefield Augmented Reality System (Navy augmented reality project)
  • Carnegie Mellon Wearables including Metronaut, Navigator, VuMan
  • CharmIT Wearable (COTS wearable development kits with enclosures)
    CharmIT clone (Design for Transmeta based wearable computer based on CharmIT Pro) [
  • Dead Link]
  • Drishti Project (wearable navigation system for the visually impaired, disabled)
  • Exponent Test-Bed Wearable Computer (Transmeta based wearable computing core)
  • IBM Meta Pad (Transmeta based platform for mobile and ubiquitous computing)
  • IBM Thinkpad (R560X)
  • Itsy/Cue Computer (Itsy based wearable platform at CMU)
  • MIT Lizzy
  • MIThril (MIT next generation wearable computing research platform)
  • Quantum3D Expedition (Comprehensive, Integrated, Open-Architecture COTS Man-Wearable embedded training platform)
  • Rehmi's HackMan 0.4 Wearable Computer
  • Ripley Wearable Computer (multiple versions, pc/104 based wearable by Clifford Leong/ZeroSpin)
  • Russ Hoffman's OS9 Wearable Computer
  • Smart-Its (Atmel microcontroller and PIC based ultra small form factor embedded systems with bluetooth, sensors, etc)
  • SmartBadge III (Third version of StrongArm based smart card)
  • Spacemaker wearable computer (Rick Jones PCM-9730 based wearable computer)
  • Stanford Wearable (aka Matchbox Server)
  • Steve Mann's WearComp6
  • The Communicating Scarf (Electronic Shadow wearable)
  • Thinking Materials (integration of technology and lifestyle with focus on wearables)
  • Turbo Tortuoise
  • WOC II (aka TuxVest, StrongArm wearable based on TuxScreen)
  • WearableGroup (Carnegie Mellon Wearables including Metronaut, Navigator, VuMan, Itsy/Cue, Spot)
  • WetPC (underwater computer)

    Development Support and Services for Wearables

  • Tangis Corporation (wearable computing software development)
  • Thinking Materials (integration of technology and lifestyle with focus on wearables)

    CPU and Hardware Support

  • 802.11 wireless LAN standards (PDFs from IEEE including 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11d)
  • BlueUnplugged.com (Bluetooth hardware and technology site, very extensive collection of devices)
  • Bluetooth (low-power wireless technology)
  • Controlled Systems Journal PC/104 Homepage (lots of PC/104 info/links)
  • EG3 Embedded/DSP/RT News and Links
  • FlipStartPC HQ (Site for development with FlipStart handheld PC)New
  • HMD/VR helmet Market Overview (Comprehensive Overview of HMDs as of Jan 2002)
  • Linux PCMCIA Info
  • Linux on Laptops (Huge comprehensive site with info on components, linux configuration, etc.)
  • PC Keyboard FAQ (interfacing, protocols, wiring, etc.)
  • Ricochet (wireless internet access in select areas via serial, usb and pc cards)
  • SpeechWear (wearable computer with speech recognition at CMU)
  • ZigBee Alliance (Lightweight, low power wireless technology)
  • article at DPreview comparing compact flash media
  • pc/104 buyers guide (by Kevin Wang)
  • ~ There are many other 802.11 WLAN, and Bluetooth devices in PCI,PCMCIA,CF,SD and USB form factor

    PC 104 CPU Links

  • Controlled Systems Journal PC/104 Homepage (lots of PC/104 info/links)
  • pc/104 buyers guide (by Kevin Wang)

    CPUs (Commercial)

  • 3COM PalmPilot
  • 3iLinux ($180 embedded linux computer)
  • ADS bitsy (linux and WinCE StrongARM,Xscale Boards)
  • ADS embedded StrongARM Boards
  • AXIS ETRAX 100LX Develper Board (low power system on chip supports full linux 2.4 kernel)
  • Accelent Systems (Xscale based embedded development platform and software)
  • Adaptive Systems (nc52 family of 2x3.5" boards)
  • Advanced Micro Peripherals Ltd. (Transmeta and x86 PC104 boards and expansion)
  • Advantech (several lines of pc/104 including new Card size PC)
  • Ampro (lizzy spec cpu/lots of expansion boards)
  • Ampro EnCore M3 (embedded computer with new AMD Alchemy MIPS32 400MHz processor)
  • Armcom Viper (PC104 Xscale board)
  • Basic Stamp Pic16 Controllers
  • Boser Computers (Industrial Embedded SBCs featuring Transmeta, VIA, Cyrix and Intel processors)
  • C Data Solutions Compact Flash Computer (Coldfire CPU, ucLinux in single CF card)
  • Compaq iPAQ (StrongArm/Xscale based pocket PC, h5400 has wifi and bluetooth builtin)
  • CompuLab (compact Windows/Linux Xscale PXA255, PXA270, 486, Pentium, Eden, Geode SBCs)New
  • Digital Logic AG (Swiss)
  • EG3 Embedded/DSP/RT News and Links
  • EMJ America Embedded Distributor (carry lots of vendors/nice pics)
  • Embedded Planet (embedded linux kits)
  • Eurotech (Italy)
  • HOPCO (pic chips and controllers, low price)
  • ICOP 6070,6075,6042 (Vortex86/166MHz based PC104 CPU modules)
  • InHand Fingertip3 (credit card sized Xscale board with Compactflash and Secure Digital interface)
  • InHand elf3 (small Xscale board with bluetooth, gps, and 0-2 pcmcia slots)
  • Intrinsyc Cerf**** Computers (Including CerfCube 405EP,CerfCube 255, etc. PowerPC 405EP,Xscale processor based miniature SBCs)
  • Jump (German maker of nice all-in-one boards)
  • Kontron (Formerly Jumptec) (matchbox sized 486 up to Pentium M embedded boards)
  • Linux PCMCIA Info
  • Linux on Laptops (Huge comprehensive site with info on components, linux configuration, etc.)
  • M Systems Flash
  • MPL PIP Packaged Industrial Computer (AMD ELAN SC520,Pentium,PentiumIII,PowerPC 405GP based rugged computers in aluminum housings)
  • Micro/Sys (low cost embedded computers)
  • Mini-Box M100 (VIA Eden/C3 based 170x170mm low power computer (7watts))
  • Mini-ITX.com (ITX form factor components and systems featuring VIA EPIA Eden, and C3 CPUs)
  • PFU Systems (formerly Cell Computing)
  • Parvus (great CARDPC carrier board)
  • Quantum3D Thermite (Man-Wearable Transmeta based ruggedized computer with advanced graphics)
  • RPCG (Embedded PowerPC Boards/ smaller then pc/104)
  • Real Time Devices, Inc
  • Simtec Development Boards (Mini-itx and smaller StrongArm ATX, S3C2410, EP7500FE boards)New
  • TINI by ibutton.com (Simm sized java embedded computer with networking)
  • Teknor (single board computers, panels)
  • Tiqit Computers (TIQIT makes TIny computers for ubiQuITous computing based on the famous matchbox webserver)
  • Toradex Colibri (Low power PXA270 Xscale based SO-Dimm computer module)
  • Tri-M Systems (PC/104 components and reseller of wide range of embedded products)
  • Tri-M TMZ-104 (Transmeta Crusoe Ultra Low Power x86 based pc/104 cpu, only 1.5W idle)
  • VMIC (single board computers)
  • VersaLogic (many different embedded systems)
  • WinSystems (various cpu, sound, i/o boards)
  • Xess Programmable Logic Development Platforms (small, inexpensive CPLD, FPGA, CSoC single board computers)
  • ZF MicroSystems
  • ZiLOG eZ80 (low power system-on-chip based on classic Z80 chip, web server ready)
  • empeg (linux in-dash StrongARM mp3 player)
  • iBASE Computers (PC104 and SBCs featuring Transmeta, VIA and Intel processors)
  • iDOT.com (ITX form factor components and systems featuring VIA EPIA Eden and C3 CPUs)
  • pc/104 buyers guide (by Kevin Wang)

    PC 104 CPUs (Commercial)

  • Advanced Micro Peripherals Ltd. (Transmeta and x86 PC104 boards and expansion)
  • Advantech (several lines of pc/104 including new Card size PC)
  • Ampro (lizzy spec cpu/lots of expansion boards)
  • Armcom Viper (PC104 Xscale board)
  • Digital Logic AG (Swiss)
  • Eurotech (Italy)
  • ICOP 6070,6075,6042 (Vortex86/166MHz based PC104 CPU modules)
  • Jump (German maker of nice all-in-one boards)
  • M Systems Flash
  • Micro/Sys (low cost embedded computers)
  • PFU Systems (formerly Cell Computing)
  • Parvus (great CARDPC carrier board)
  • Real Time Devices, Inc
  • VersaLogic (many different embedded systems)
  • WinSystems (various cpu, sound, i/o boards)
  • ZF MicroSystems
  • iBASE Computers (PC104 and SBCs featuring Transmeta, VIA and Intel processors)
  • pc/104 buyers guide (by Kevin Wang)

    SMOS/Credit Card PCs (Commercial)

  • M Systems Flash
  • PFU Systems (formerly Cell Computing)

    Displays (Commercial)

  • Albatech Personal Monitor (over nose glasses)
  • Article on kprinc.com,
  • Available at Mouser)
  • Colorado Microdisplays (DNLCOS displays, claim 1280x1024 color for $300 by 1999)
  • Comparison of silbling Sony Glasstron PLM-A55, Canon GT270 and Olympus Eye-trek FMD-100
  • Cybermind Interactive Nederland (VR/HMD retailer)
  • Daeyang E&C DH-4400 Cy-visor (complete line of 1.4MP SVGA wrap-around personal displays)
  • Daeyang E&C Personal Displays (800x600 glasses)
  • DecTalk (text-to-speech hardware)
  • DisplayWear Inc. (true desktop image size and resolution personal display solutions )
  • Displaytech (miniature FLCD displays)
  • Eye-Trek (OSR enhanced 1/2vga glasses)
  • Eyetop Eyeneo,Oneo (low cost color monocular HMD mounted on sunglasses)New
  • GP-1 RS-232 terminal (Converter to interface LCD display and keyboard with serial port)
  • HMD/VR helmet Market Overview (Comprehensive Overview of HMDs as of Jan 2002)
  • IIS Ice M1000 HMD (640x480 color AMLCD for H1000, unclear whether useable with other devices)
  • IIS Second Sight M1100 (640x480 color HMD for PDAs, linux supp in progress)
  • InViso Inc. (relective CMOS handheld displays 800x600 color, under $300)
  • Kaiser Electro-Optics ProView SL35 (800x600, 640x480 color monocular display)
  • Kopin (AMLCD Displays)
  • Leadtek X-eye HMD (OLED based 800x600 binocular color HMD)New
  • Lilliput Electronics (Small inexpensive portable VGA ready displays)
  • Liteye (color and b/w 800x600, 640x480 and 320x240 monocular )
  • M1 Personal Display (320x240 HMD)
  • M2 Personal Display (800x600 HMD)
  • Matrix Orbital lcd displays (have app info on using them with linux)
  • MicroDisplay (LCD Diffraction, various models and demo/evaluation kits)
  • MicroOptical Display (eye glass embedded display)
  • Microoptical Clip-on Monitors (various clip-on, and eyeglass diplays. standard VGA and RS232. Monocular and binocular, monochrome and color)
  • Microoptical Clip-on Monitors (incredibly small clip-on, and eyeglass diplays. standard VGA and RS232. Monocular and binocular, monochrome and color)
  • Microvision (Virtual Retinal Display)
  • Microvision Nomand HMD (see-through personal 800x600 monochrome red HMD)
  • P5 Private Eye
  • Planar Display Products (AMLCD,AMEL,LCD,etc.)
  • Seattle Sight Flex View/General Purpose HMDs
  • Seiko/Sharp 1/4 VGA (320x240 lcd $99-$199( )
  • Shimadzu DataGlass2/A (SVGA USB powered HMD used in Xybernaut Poma)
  • Sony Glasstron VR glasses PLM-A55
  • Three Five Systems Microdisplays (SVGA LCoS displays and HMDs used by Xybernaut and Hitachi)
  • Universal Display Corporation OLED research (flexible flat display technologies)
  • VIO I-glasses
  • Virtual Presence HMD page (great overview of VR HMDs)
  • eMagin OLED SVGA+ (SVGA+ color low-power Oled-on-Silicon Microdisplay, development kit available)
  • icuiti M920 Display (640x480 HMD for PocketPCs and PDAs)
  • new PLM-A35

    Displays (In Development)

  • Canon GT270 Monocular Conversion (Zerospin's Clifford Leong converts wraparound display to monocular HMD)
  • HMD for Palm Pilot project (using Kopin 320C)
  • Hacking the Glasstron for Augmented Reality (from Georgia Tech)
  • IBM reflective LCD research
  • MicroOptical DV-1 (Bluetooth Wireless 1/4VGA Display)New
  • MicroOptical HMD ASCII Viewer AV-1 (Converting MicroOptical HMD to accept serial ASCII data)

    Keyboards and Character Devices (Commercial)

  • Bat (One Handed Keyboard)
  • Bill Chappell's Chording Keyboard Controller (chording keyboard -> AT or RS-232 controllerMattel PowerGlove)
  • CUTkey Universal Terminal (alpha-numeric keypad)
  • Chordite (Yet Another One-hand Keyboard in the works)
  • Cirque Micro Keyboard (durable, small keyboard compatible with Palm, Pocket PC and linux)
  • DataHand Systems (2 one hand keyboards)
  • Dauphin keyboard (small ps/2 keyboard)
  • EKEG Mini Keyboards (3x7in waterproof keyboards)
  • Ergoguys (Huge collection of keyboards, mice and other ergonomic devices and supplies found no where else)
  • FrogPad (Compact one hand keyboard for mobile computers and OEMs including Bluetooth wearable version)
  • Fujitsu "Key Segment" (miniature keyboard for PalmPilot)
  • GP-1 RS-232 terminal (Converter to interface LCD display and keyboard with serial port)
  • Happy Hacking PS/2 -> Palm adapter
  • KeyTool chording keyboard (IR wireless chording keyboard)
  • L3 Wrist Mounted Keyboard
  • Lightglove (wireless wrist mounted keyboard using light to detect finger positions)New
  • Matias HalfKeyboard (22key half keyboard for palmand pcs)
  • Matias half-Qwerty Keyboardhttp://www.ekegelectronics.com/keybrd.html>EKEG Mini Keyboards (3x7in waterproof keyboards)
    PGI Arm Mounted Keyboard () [
  • Dead Link]
  • Stowaway Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (Compact Bluetooth Keyboard)
  • The Fitaly (one fingeredkeyboard by Textware Solutions )
  • Tuffy handheld mouseAudio
  • Twiddler (One Handed keyboard/mouse)
  • Y mouse, Y keyboard (2 mouse/keyboard adapters)

    Input Devices (Commercial)

  • Aura Communications Personal Wireless (near field magnetic PAN devices, headset and technologies)New
  • Bat (One Handed Keyboard)
  • Bill Chappell's Chording Keyboard Controller (chording keyboard -> AT or RS-232 controllerMattel PowerGlove)
  • BodyMedia Continuous Body Monitoring (tools for monitoring heart rate, sleeping, blood pressure, etc.)
  • BossWave FinRing (tilt sensing wireless pointing device, replaces USB mouse)New
  • CUTkey Universal Terminal (alpha-numeric keypad)
  • Chordite (Yet Another One-hand Keyboard in the works)
  • Cirque Micro Keyboard (durable, small keyboard compatible with Palm, Pocket PC and linux)
  • Concord Eye-Q Go Wireless (2MP Bluetooth digital camera)New
  • DataHand Systems (2 one hand keyboards)
  • Dauphin keyboard (small ps/2 keyboard)
  • EKEG Mini Keyboards (3x7in waterproof keyboards)
  • Ergoguys (Huge collection of keyboards, mice and other ergonomic devices and supplies found no where else)
  • Facephone-Portable Hands Free Earset
  • FrogPad (Compact one hand keyboard for mobile computers and OEMs including Bluetooth wearable version)
  • Fujitsu "Key Segment" (miniature keyboard for PalmPilot)
  • GP-1 RS-232 terminal (Converter to interface LCD display and keyboard with serial port)
  • General Reality Glove, and Body Devices (exotic)
  • Happy Hacking PS/2 -> Palm adapter
  • IBVA Interactive Brainwave Visual Analyser (Hardware and software to montior brain activity in real time using headband sensor arrays)
  • Jabra FreeSpeak (Bluetooth headset)
  • KeyTool chording keyboard (IR wireless chording keyboard)
  • L3 Wrist Mounted Keyboard
  • LifeSync Wireless ECG System (Bluetooth wireless ECG patient monitor)New
  • Lightglove (wireless wrist mounted keyboard using light to detect finger positions)New
  • Logitech Cordless Presenter (Bluetooth optical mouse with LASER!)
  • Matias HalfKeyboard (22key half keyboard for palmand pcs)
  • Matias half-Qwerty Keyboardhttp://www.ekegelectronics.com/keybrd.html>EKEG Mini Keyboards (3x7in waterproof keyboards)
  • Mattel PowerGlove/VR on Linux
  • Navigation/Weather sensor (PalmPilot)
  • Nissho VR Glove
    PGI Arm Mounted Keyboard () [
  • Dead Link]
  • Sony Ericsson Chatpen CH-30 (Bluetooth pen)
  • Stowaway Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (Compact Bluetooth Keyboard)
  • The Fitaly (one fingeredkeyboard by Textware Solutions )
  • The Kitty Project (Keyboard independent touch typing kitty method and device)
  • Tuffy handheld mouseAudio
  • Twiddler (One Handed keyboard/mouse)
  • VTi VR Glove (and others)
  • Virtual Presence Glove Page (nice collection of VR gloves)
  • VivoMetrics (continuous physiologicalmonitoring LifeShirt System)
  • Y mouse, Y keyboard (2 mouse/keyboard adapters)
  • unleash wireless networking (Ultra low power Near Field Magnetic Wireless Technology, demo headset)

    Input Devices (In Development)

  • 7-Key v1.0 (parallel port chording keyboard: schematics and drivers for dos)
  • Acceleglove (Whole hand input device for sign language, VR)
  • AnyWear TNG interfaces (interface devices, transducers, sensors for NeatTools)
  • BerkleyAcceleration Sensing Glove (virtual keyboard research)
  • CCG Bluetooth Accelerometer (Miniature open source PIC + Bluetooth + 3 axis accelerometer)
    Fiddler (Twiddler clone) [
  • Dead Link]
  • Key-Glove (Inexpensive Glove Keyboard)
  • Morseall (Morse code user interface for linux)
  • Parallel port chording keyboard (Lee Adamson's specs and software)
  • Smart-Its (Atmel microcontroller and PIC based ultra small form factor embedded systems with bluetooth, sensors, etc)
  • The Multi-Sensor Wearable (Wearable Sensors for a variety of purposes)
  • Tilttype (Wrist worn keyboard using tilt sensor and lcd display)
  • WearClam: A Wearable Input Interface (ergonomic one or two handed keyboard)
  • WetPC Kord Products (evaluation products including hand controllers and software for underwater use)
  • Wirejunkie's Keyglove (one handed keyboard)

    Cameras

  • CMUcam (microcontroller camera)
  • QuickCam (b/w & color parallel port cameras)
  • QuickCam for Nightvision (some infrared snapshots I took)

    GPS Devices

  • EMTAC CRUX II / BTGPS (bluetooth GPS receiver)
  • Garmin (Consumer GPS products and small OEM modules)
  • LaipacTech (RF,GPS modules and development kits for embedded applications)
  • Pharos CF GPS (CF format GPS unit and software)
  • SiRF (GPS semiconductors and products)
  • Socket Bluetooth GPS unit (wireless 12 channel GPS receiver)
  • Trimble (Industrial GPS products, and small low power OEM modules)

    Network Devices (Commercial)

  • AeroComm 2400GHz credit card sized tranceiver
  • Aura Communications Personal Wireless (near field magnetic PAN devices, headset and technologies)New
  • BlueUnplugged.com (Bluetooth hardware and technology site, very extensive collection of devices)
  • Bluetooth (low-power wireless technology)
  • Cisco Aironet 340/350 (linux sup)
  • Digital Roamabout PCMCIA wireless ethernet (800ft)
  • Free2Move Bluetooth serial plug (RS-232 to bluetooth adapter)
  • HandyWave Bluetooth Devices (bluetooth adapters for serial, usb, centronics, and GPIB ports and access points)
  • IBM Cordless Connection (wireless modem transceiver)
  • LaipacTech (RF,GPS modules and development kits for embedded applications)
  • LinkSys WPC11 (linux ok)
  • Lucent/Agere Orinoco Silver (formerly Wavelan, linux sup)
  • Metrocom Ricochet Wireless Modems (select areas)
  • PacComm Packet Radio Systems (packet controllers, tnc, modems)
  • Panasonic Datalink (wireless phone/modem)
  • RF Digital Wireless Transceivers (400,433,900 MHz serial interface tranceivers)
  • RFwaves (ultra low cost, low power wireless chips)
  • Ricochet (wireless internet access in select areas via serial, usb and pc cards)
  • SMC 2632W (linux sup)
  • SyChip WLAN 6060 (SD form factor wireless lan card)
  • Symbol Wireless Networker (CompactFlash form factor wireless lan card)
  • USR 2410 (linux sup)
  • Wavelan 11Mbs (wireless NIC, under $200)
  • ZigBee Alliance (Lightweight, low power wireless technology)
  • ~ There are many other 802.11 WLAN, and Bluetooth devices in PCI,PCMCIA,CF,SD and USB form factor

    Bluetooth Devices (Commercial)

  • 3e Technologies 3e-250 (Bluetooth<->RS232 converter)
  • Bluetooth (low-power wireless technology)
  • Brainboxes BL-510,521,730 (Bluetooth<->RS232 converters)
  • Compaq iPAQ (StrongArm/Xscale based pocket PC, h5400 has wifi and bluetooth builtin)
  • Concord Eye-Q Go Wireless (2MP Bluetooth digital camera)New
  • EMTAC CRUX II / BTGPS (bluetooth GPS receiver)
  • Free2Move Bluetooth serial plug (RS-232 to bluetooth adapter)
  • HandyWave Bluetooth Devices (bluetooth adapters for serial, usb, centronics, and GPIB ports and access points)
  • Jabra FreeSpeak (Bluetooth headset)
  • Logitech Cordless Presenter (Bluetooth optical mouse with LASER!)
  • Sony Ericsson Chatpen CH-30 (Bluetooth pen)
  • Sphinx Elektronik PICO Plug (Bluetooth<->RS232/Centronics adapter)
  • Stowaway Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (Compact Bluetooth Keyboard)
  • Wireless Futures BlueWAVE PCB OEM Wireless Cable (Bluetooth<->RS232 adapter modules)

    Storage Media (Commercial)

  • Addonics Pocket 56K modem (requires only one serial port)
  • Addonics Pocket CDROM (PCMCIA)
  • Addonics Pocket SuperDisk (PCMCIA)
  • Addonics Pocket Zip Drive (PCMCIA)
  • CMS Enhancements PCMCIA HDD
  • California PC (Flash drives, 2.5"->3.5" connectors)
  • DEC StorageWorks Solid State Disks (high capacity)
  • IBM 2.5" HDD
  • IBM Microdrive (ultra small hard drive)
  • Imation RipGO! (portable 3 inch cdr burner and digital audio player)
  • Iomega Clic Drive (small removable)
  • Kingston PCMCIA HDD
  • Lexar Flash Products
  • Memtech (high capacity flash drives, ide, scsi, up to 3GB)
  • Pretec Flash Products
  • Procom PCMCIA HDD
  • Sandisk Flash Drives/Cards
  • Simple 2.5" HDD
  • Simpletech Flash Products
  • Synchrotech (1gig pcmcia HDD)
  • TAPR Compact Flash Card (economical way to add flash to IDE bus)
  • Tek Gear USB ThumbDrive (tiny 8-256MB drive)
  • Toshiba 2.5" HDD
  • Viking Flash Products
  • article at DPreview comparing compact flash media

    Smart Fabrics and Clothing

  • Infineon Enabling Technologies [ ]

    Other Hardware (Commercial)

  • Cellular Jewelry (Jewelry that reacts to incoming cell calls)
  • DED Limited (Maker of portable printers and Smart Card readers, printers)
  • IBVA Interactive Brainwave Visual Analyser (Hardware and software to montior brain activity in real time using headband sensor arrays)
  • Techniprise VHDL prototyping, very inexpensive

    Adapters and Converters (Commercial)

  • 2.5 laptop->3.5 desktop hard drive adapter (The Computer Geeks Hardware Discount Outlet)
  • 3e Technologies 3e-250 (Bluetooth<->RS232 converter)
  • AI Tech Pocket Scan Converter PSC 1106
  • Brainboxes BL-510,521,730 (Bluetooth<->RS232 converters)
  • Colorgraphic video cards (PCMCIA and CF VGA,NTSC,PAL video cards)New
  • Free2Move Bluetooth serial plug (RS-232 to bluetooth adapter)
  • GP-1 RS-232 terminal (Converter to interface LCD display and keyboard with serial port)
  • Happy Hacking PS/2 -> Palm adapter
  • IBT PCMCIA->ISA Converter
  • ITU Technologies serial->NTSC video converter
  • Mesa CFADPT1/CFPADT2/CFADPTHD (1/2 slot Compact Flash to IDE adapter)
  • Mesa PC/104 Flash Drives (PC/104 IDE flash memory cards)
  • Mesa SmartIDE (Smart Media to IDE adapter)
  • PC Engines IDE to CompactFlash adapter
  • RF Digital Wireless Transceivers (400,433,900 MHz serial interface tranceivers)
  • RS-SVGA (RS-232(serial to SVGA adapterto output ascii text to svga display.)
  • Sphinx Elektronik PICO Plug (Bluetooth<->RS232/Centronics adapter)
  • Synchrotech PCMCIA->USB 2.0
  • Synchrotech PCMCIA->firewire 1394
  • TAPR CompactFlash Card Adapter FLSADP2 (IDE->CF adapter)
  • Wireless Futures BlueWAVE PCB OEM Wireless Cable (Bluetooth<->RS232 adapter modules)

    Adapters and Converters (In Development)

  • Newton -> AT keyboard adapter hack
  • VGA to TV converter (design by Tomi Engdahl using Analog Devices chip)
  • X on TV (quick and dirty VGA->NTSC conversion)
  • X on TV (quick and dirty VGA-NTSC conversion)
  • XCam2 Hack (instructions for separating x10 cam into NTSC color camera and wireless audio/video tramitter)

    Potential Wearable Applications (Commercial)

  • 3COM PalmPilot (PDA)
  • Aeronix Zipit instant messenger appliance (ARM7 based linux palmtop with wifi only $99)New
  • Antelope modular computing core (low power modular mobile computing system)
  • CDL Paron MPC (Secure StrongArm Linux PDA developed with IBM)
  • FlipStart PC (Palm sized 1GHz windows XP system)New
  • FlipStartPC HQ (Site for development with FlipStart handheld PC)New
  • Fossil Wrist PDA (Several models running PalmOS)
  • Franklin Rex (Credit Card PDA)
  • HP200LX PalmPC (minix support)
  • Hitachi Traveler (mini notebook)
  • IIS Ice H1000 (StrongArm Based PDA with 640x480 color projected display)
  • MIT HandyBoard (small 32k 68HC11 controller with LCD/serial/etc)
  • Mini-Box M100 (VIA Eden/C3 based 170x170mm low power computer (7watts))
  • Mitsubishi AMiTY (mini notebook)
  • MyLinux PLW (Pocket Linux Workstationbased on Hitachi Super H)
  • OQO Ultra-Personal Computer (3x4" complete transmeta computer with LCD display, WLAN, etc)
  • Orang-Otang (stuff to attach palm to body)
  • Panasonic Toughbook 07 (Mobile Data Wireless Display)
  • Pocket Linux Sorobangeeks (French linux on PDA news and discussion site)
  • Psion Series 5 and Geofox's Geofox One (linux support)
  • Saint Song Cappuccino G1 (1.9 pound linux compatible mini pc)
  • Seiko Ruputer (16bit Dos wrist watch)
  • Sony Vaio PictureBook (compact laptop utilizing Transmeta Crusoe processor)
  • The Espresso PC (pocket sized Cleron/PIII system. The thing looks just like a walkman [)
  • Toshiba Libretto (mini notebook. ) [Note: go to tech support for info at toshiba]
  • TuxScreen Phone (StrongArm based limited edition linux computer with phone, X10)
  • WearLogic electronic wallet
  • eBook (Electronic Books/thin portable text and image viewers)
  • empeg (linux in-dash StrongARM mp3 player)
  • iPAQ (linux capable handheld)
  • iPAQ linux (site dedicated to linux on the iPAQ)
  • new Sharp Zaurus SL-C700 (dynamism.com imports and sells the new Zaurus XScale incarnation with swivel 640x480 screen)
  • onHand PC/PDA (16bit dos wrist watch/looks like the Ruputer Watch)
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    Power Supplies and Batteries (Commercial)

  • Alladin Alladinpower, Steppower (hand/foot powered generators up to 1 watt/min)
  • ICP BatterySaver Flex5 (Flexible weatherproof 5watt solar array)
  • ICP iSun (Portable solar chargers for portable electronics)
  • Inspired Energy wearable batteries (Wearable battery pouches, batteries and connectors)
  • ModelPower (Hydrogen gas power source)
  • Nitrogen (as a power source/belongs in bleeding edge section above)
  • battery FAQ maintained by Cadex.

    Electronic Parts and Component Suppliers (Commercial)

  • Allied Electronics (lots of stuff, connectors)
  • B.G.Micro (new and surplus components)
  • BWI (specializing in embedded systems, products and integration)
  • Basic Stamp Pic16 Controllers
  • CircusSystems Power Horse (DC-DC 5V 3A 90% efficient step-down switching power solution for wearables)
  • Datel (Dc-Dc converters, panel meters)
  • Digikey (ic,solidstate,lcd,etc.)
  • EIO (Surplus Electronics and Computer, cheap LCD displays, etc.)
  • EMJ America Embedded Distributor (carry lots of vendors/nice pics)
  • Electronics Express (Electronics for Schools Colleges and Industry)
  • Embedded Planet (embedded linux kits)
  • Embeddedwares.com (Embedded systems and custom computers division of Akumeka Technology )
  • Ergoguys (Huge collection of keyboards, mice and other ergonomic devices and supplies found no where else)
  • Extreme Computing (great selection of wearable products and links)
  • FlipStartPC HQ (Site for development with FlipStart handheld PC)New
  • Hagstrom Electonics (programmable keyboard encoders)
  • JDR Microdevices (pc components, connectors, ics)
  • Jameco Electronics (pc components, connectors, etc)
  • L3 Systems (great keyboards, RF equip)
  • Maxim (linear and mixed signal circuits, incl small dc-dc converters)
  • Medtronics Electrode Supplies
  • Mouser Electronics (Electronic components/no minimum order)
  • Newark Electronics (Catalog electronics distributor)
  • PDASmart (replacement components for iPaq, Axim, Ipod and PDAphone PDAs)New
  • Phoenix Group Computer Accessories (ruggedized peripherals)
  • RF Digital (Extensive line of RF kits for wireless communication and control)
  • The Computer Geeks Hardware Discount Outlet
  • Timeline (Electronics Surplus, LCDs)
  • Tri-M Systems (PC/104 components and reseller of wide range of embedded products)

    Speech Recognition Hardware (Non-Commercial) (In Development)

  • SpeechWear (wearable computer with speech recognition at CMU)

    Input Device Software (In Development)

  • 7-Key v1.0 (parallel port chording keyboard: schematics and drivers for dos)
  • Morseall (Morse code user interface for linux)
  • WetPC Kord Products (evaluation products including hand controllers and software for underwater use)