| IBM
new Linux watch technology at GITEX Saudi Arabia 2003
Posted:
27 April 2003
Riyadh, KSA — Visitors to the SBM/IBM stand
at GITEX this year will see how we could be bringing wireless, intelligent
computers into our daily lives.
The ‘WatchPad’ will be showcased at GITEX Saudi Arabia
this year: a prototype of the Linux watch technology being jointly
developed by IBM Research and Citizen Watch. The Linux WatchPad
on the SBM stand brings to the region the latest technologies still
emerging from IBM’s labs around the world.
Visitors will be able to see some of the ways the WatchPad could
become a “wristwatch-assistant”, including voice-enabled
Bluetooth and infrared wireless connectivity, which allows the watch
to connect to various devices such as notebook computers.
The Bluetooth voice channel and vibrator feature allows one to
send and receive voice commands with other computers and view e-mail
messages and calendar entries. Some of the great features of the
Linux watch also include a fingerprint sensor that identifies the
watch’s owner, as well as an embedded accelerometer that studies
arm movement as a potential input method.
IBM Research first demonstrated a prototype of the Linux Watch
last year, illustrating the viability of the Linux operating system
across all platforms, from large enterprise servers, to medium-sized
and small servers, workstations, desktop systems, laptops and the
smallest intelligent devices.
Citizen Watch is the first company that decided to work with IBM
Research to enhance current features and develop new application
technologies for the intelligent watch.
In an effort to explore new types of information access devices
for the pervasive computing era, the two companies plan to collaborate
with major universities by sharing the WatchPad technology for joint
research in the hope to accelerate progress in developing next generation
intelligent devices.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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