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Cyber Jacket
Cyber Jacket
Region: South West
Category: Satellite Technology, Wireless Technology, Computer Interaction, Retail and Marketing
GPS Tour Guides
GPS Tour Guides
Region: South West
Category: Wireless Technology, Computer Interaction
Ultrasonic Positioning
Ultrasonic Positioning
Region: South West
Category: Wireless Technology, Computer Interaction
Silicon Chip Gyroscope
Silicon Chip Gyroscope
Region: South West
Category: Gyroscopes
Auxetic Materials
Auxetic Materials
Region: North West
Category: Smart Materials
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Esleeve Esleeve
South West report (24/05/04)
Category: Satellite Technology, Wireless Technology, Computer Interaction
Computers so small we can wear them
 
The rapid progress in computer technology over the past decade has enabled designers to create a huge range of portal computing devices from PDAs - which organise our schedules and allows us to read the news on the move - to handheld media players - that let us watch films wherever we like. Computer scientists are now designing prototypes of the next generation of portable computers, so small we'll be able to wear them. Read more
New Technologies
Gecko Tape
Gecko Tape
Region: North West
Category: Smart Materials
Researchers at Manchester University are working to develop a tape that sticks to any surface View
Air Muscle
Air Muscle
Region: North West
Category: Prosthetics, Robotics
The Salford University's prototype exoskeleton with joints powered by air muscles View
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