Top Technology Trends
- E-Clothing Monitors Health Issues. Virginia Tech students and researchers are studying electronic textiles, designed to measure such occurrences as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and a variety of other statistics. http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/10/17/computerizing_clothing_at_tech
- Meanwhile, researchers at Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburg are studying a wrist watch that measures stress levels. http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/October/oct16_ewatchstress.shtml
- Want to get away from it all, yet not leave your office? Check out “Second Life,” on online Sims which has garnered business sponsorships and marketing throughout. www.secondlife.com/
- According to various media reports, though, “Second Life” is old news, and “Twitters” is the hot virtual world: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/marketers-twittering-but-not-about-second-life/
- A German Student has created a cane that can replace the seeing-eye dog. http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mygo-cane-could-replace-seeing-eye-dogs