Design of the QBIC wearable computing platform

Proceedings of the International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 398-410

  Amft, Oliver ^a   Lauffer, Michael ^a   Ossevoort, Stijn ^a   Macaluso, Fabrizio ^a   Lukowicz, Paul ^a   Tröster, Gerhard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING PLATFORMS; LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM; MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEVICES; WEARABLE COMPUTING PLATFORM;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ERGONOMICS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

EID: 11244301202     PISSN: 10636862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASAP.2004.1342488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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