Part 1 of Essay
Wearable computing facilitates a new form of human-computer interaction comprising a small body-worn component that is always on and always ready and accessible. This new computational framework differs from that of hand held devices, laptop computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs). The “always ready'' capabi ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... devices such as wristwatches, regular eyeglasses, and wearable radios. The best definitions probably given to date are those of Steve Mann. Steve Mann is a self-appointed, and none opposed leader in the body wearable computer field. To avoid confusion and changing the meanings of Steve’s definitions I included them in their entirety from Steve Mann’s Keynote Address, 1998. “Constancy, the computer runs continuously, and is “always ready” to interact with the user. Unlike a hand-held ....