Steve Mann; Research: WearComp-related papers

• Mathematical theory behind personal imaging is in main research papers page (not included again on this WWW page).
• Humanistic Intelligence: `WearComp' as a new framework and application for intelligent signal processing. Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 86, No. 11, November, 1998, 29 pages (30 including cover; cover picture of issue depicts an early embodiment of Mann's WearComp invention) Pages 2123-2151
• WearComp: A first step toward "Personal Imaging" IEEE Computer, Vol. 30, No. 3, Feb. 1997
• Empowerment: Fundamental Issues in Wearable Computing (Prof. Mann's ICWC-98 Keynote Address)
• Definition of Wearable Computing (What is Wearable Computing?)
• The Visual Memory Prosthetic (WearCam as a wearable face--recognizer, and other applications for the disabled)
• A hobbyist's guide on how to build a version of the WearComp apparatus. (You may also want to see the feature article from the January issue of CQ-VHF, below, for more on amateur radio and getting connected to the Internet with WearComp.)
• How to build a version of the WearComp for under $400 if you already have a laptop computer.
• BlindVision... wearable radar with vibrotactile output, etc. http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/isea_abstract.html/ ISEA 97, Chicago, 1997
• The chirplet transform (a generalization of the wavelet transform), developed for personal imaging applications such as wearable radar (e.g. the Blind Vision project, etc.).
• Eudaemonic Eye CHI-97, Atlanta, 1997
• WearComp/WearCam, etc. journal=Personal Technologies, Vol.1 No.1, March 1997
• An historical account of the WearComp project. (This paper may also be viewed as one single html file, or a PostScript version may be downloaded).
• WearComp mission statement (published in CACM; Vol.39,8; August 1996)
• Wearable Wireless Webcam and the personal visual assistant.
• Wearable, Tetherless, Computer-Mediated Reality (with possible future applications to the disabled) Feb. 2, 1996 (adapted to paper i presented at AAAI, Nov. 1996)
• Smart clothing: Turning the tables (how wearable technologies can protect our privacy and freedom as the world around us becomes "smarter" and more intrusive) ACM Multimedia 96, Boston, MA, 1996 You can also download a PostScript version of this paper
• `Smart Clothing'
• Picture of Steve, wearing various embodiments of his "wearcomp" invention (WARNING: BIG FILE, TAKES A WHILE TO LOAD AND DISPLAY)
• Other pictures of various embodiments of the WearComp invention as it has evolved over the years
• WearStation: A wearable amateur radio station (published as the feature article of CQ-VHF, January 1997)
• On the bandwagon, a sober look at the recent wearable computing hype.
• More on art (invited plenary lecture at Ars Electronica, along with a week long performance piece there called "Sicherheitsglaeser"): http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/sicherheitsglaeser/
• A light overview in the popular press (e.g. how the "WearComp" project was brought to MIT in 1991, etc..). http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/judith_gaines.jpg if that file is too big, a smaller one is also available: http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/judith_gaines_und.gif
• Satire of the cyborg (CAST 2001)
• Satire of software licenses (in the context of wearable devices, etc.)
• Retrospective exhibit of various embodiments of the WearComp/WearCam inventions from over the last 20 years, with an emphasis on embodiments selected to question the role of surveillance in society: http://n1nlf-1.eecg.toronto.edu/lvac/

Contact:

Prof. Steve Mann
University of Toronto
Department of Electrical Engineering, Room S.F. 2001,
10 King's College Road; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; M5S 3G4
Tel. 416.946-3387
Fax. 416.971-2326
http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~mann