This document discusses the concept of digital jewelry, which embeds computing capabilities into fashion jewelry. It describes several types of digital jewelry like earrings that function as speakers, a necklace with an embedded microphone, and a ring that flashes notifications. The document also outlines projects from companies like IBM to shrink computers down for wearable form factors like a magic decoder ring and wrist-worn display. Potential applications are discussed along with some current limitations for digital jewelry.
2. Introduction
What is “Digital Jewellery”?
Digital jewellery and its components
Earings
Necklace
Rings
Bracelet
Charmed communicator eyepiece
JAVA Ring
Applications,limitations,advances etc
Conclusion
Refernces
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3. • Thelatest computer crazehas been to be able to wear wireless computers.
• “Digital jewelry” to bethe next sizzling fashion trend of the technological wave.
• Thebasic conceptbehind producing “Digital jewellery” is to produce fashion
jewellery with embedded intelligence.
• Bythe endofthe decade, we could bewearing ourcomputers
instead of sitting in front of them.
“This paperilluminates a creativemethodology for creating newobjects embodying
technology”.
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4. • Digital jewellery is a fashion jewellery with embeddedintelligence.
• “Digital jewellery” is a nascentcatchphrase for wearable ID devices that contain
personal information like passwords, identification, and account information.
• They have the potential to beall-in-one replacements for yourdriver’s license, key
chain, business cards, credit cards, health insurance card, corporate security badge,
and loose cash.
• These can also solve a common dilemma of today’s wired world –the forgotten
password.
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8. • Speakersembedded into these earrings will bethe phone's receiver.
• These days many manufacturers are developing things like Bluetooth devices in the
form of pendants orearrings that people can wearthat help enhance their mobile
phones, computers PDAs, basically anything that uses similar Technology.
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9. • Users will talk into the necklace'sembedded microphone.
• Necklace transfers the information in the form of signals. It works with the help of
sensors which is embedded in it. It is mainly by blue tooth technology.
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10. • Perhaps the most interesting piece of the phone, this "magic decoderring” is
equippedwith light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that flash to indicate an incoming call. It
can also beprogrammed to flash different colors to identify a particular caller or
indicate the importance of a call.
• Two of the most identifiable components of a personal computer are the
mouse andmonitor. These devices areas familiar to us today as a television set.
However, in the next decade, wecould witness the disappearance of these devices,
at least in their currentform.
• Several companies, including IBM and Charmed Technologies, are working on
ways tocreate a head-mounted display. IBM is also working to shrink the computer
mouse to the size of a ring andcreate a wrist-worn display.
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Thesame ring that flashes for phone calls could also inform you that e-mail is piling
up in yourinbox. This flashing alert couldalso indicate the urgency of the e-mail.
Themouse-ring that IBMis developing will use the company's TrackPoint
technology to wirelessly move the cursoron a computer-monitor display. (Track
Point is the little button embeddedin the keyboard of some laptops).
: IBM's magic decoder rings will flash
whenyouget a call.
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12. • IBMResearchers have transferred TrackPoint technology to a ring, which looks
something like a black-pearl ring. Ontop of the ring is a little black ball that users
will swivel to movethe cursor, in the same way that the TrackPoint button on a
laptop is used.
• This Track Point ring will bevery valuable whenmonitors shrink tothe size of
watch face. In the coming ageof ubiquitous computing, displays will no longer be
tied to desktops orwall screens. Instead, you'll wear the display like a pair of
sunglasses or a bracelet. Researchers are overcoming several obstacles facing these
newwearable displays, the most important of which is the readability of
information displayed on these tiny devices.
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13. • Equipped with a video graphics array (VGA)display, this wrist display couldalso be
used as a caller identifier that flashes the name and phone numberof the caller.
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(a)Bluetooth Bracelet built inrechargeable battery, whena call is coming the bracelet
will vibrateand lamp flash (b) Prototype bracelet display developed by IBM
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With ajewellery phone, the keypad and dialing function could be integrated into
the bracelet, or else dumped altogether-- it's likely that voice-recognition
software will be used to make calls, a capability that is already commonplace in
many of today's cell phones. Simply say the name of the person you want to call
and the phone will dial that person. IBM is also working on a miniature
rechargeable battery to power these components.
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15. • Charmed Technology is alreadymarketing its digital jewellery,
including a futuristic-looking eyepiece display.
• The eyepiece is the display component of the company's Charmed
Communicator, a wearable,wireless, broadband-Internet device that
can be controlled by voice, pen or handheld keypad. The
Communicator can be used asan MP3 player, video player and cell
phone. The Communicator runs on the company's Linux-based Nanix
operating system.
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16. • This would be the shape of designer glasses. Theseintelligent spectacles let you surf
the web orcheck e-mail, wheneverand wherever you want. Your eye would serve
as a mouse, with menueitems selected by focusing your attention onan item on
screen.
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:The Java Ring can be programmed to give you access to
everydoorand device.
18. Everything we access today is under lock and key i.e.protected by passwords.
• It is a bit frustrating trying to remember all the passwords and keys to accessany door
or program.
• Dallas semiconductors is developing a newJava based computerized ring that will
automatically unlock doors and log on to computers.
• TheDigital DecoderRing is a portable database disguised as jewelry with a
MemoryiButton as signet.
• The 64-bit serial number guarantees that each ring is unique and traceable. The ring
communicates by touch through a parallel or serial port interface. Applications
include access control to buildings, doors, and computers and digitized storage of
personalinformation.
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19. • TheJava Ring has been tested at Celebration School at Orlando,FL.The rings given
to students are programmed with Java applets that communicatewith host
applications on networked systems which have beenprogrammed to store
electronic cash to pay for lunches, automatically unlock doors, take attendance,
storea student's medical information and allow students tocheckout books.
• All of this information is stored onthe ring's iButton. Students simply press the
signet of their Java Ring against the Blue Dot receptor, and the system connected to
the receptor performs the function that the applet instructs it to. In the future, the
Java Ring may start yourcar.
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20. • It is a stainless-steel ring,16-millimeters in diameter, which houses a 1-million-
transistor processor, called an iButton.
• Thering has 134 KB of RAM, 32 KB of ROM, a real-time clock and a Java virtual
machine, which is a piece of software that recognizesthe Java language and
translates it for the user's computer system.
• Java ring is programmed with the applets accordingto ourapplication. Forspecific
class of userspecific java applets is preloaded in to the java ring. All the information
of the useris stored in the java ring. Usersimply presses the signet of the java ring
against the “blue dot” receptor andthe system connected to the receptor performs
the function that the applet instructs to.
• Java rings are authorized through Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) so that no
one cansteal a person’s ring and use that ring.
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21. Applications-
• Accesscontrol to buildings and equipment.
• Secure network login using challenge/response authentication.
• Storage vault for usernames and passwords.
• Digital signatures for e-commerce.
• Digital photo ID and fingerprint biometrics.
Advantages-
• It is wearable and portable.
• More secure than using passwords.
• Completely controlled by the user. Provides authentication to users which is crucial
for many applications
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22. APPLICATIONS
• In Social Networking-
Helps to ease communication between users as well as helps to interact and respond
faster as it helps to share the latest information around the world.
• In Personal Field-
Rings such as JAVA RING’s help to notify about dates, messages, emails and any other
notifications or communicate using other components of jewellery.
• In Intelligence Field-
Digital jewellery can be used to adjust the Security Council, where it is considered a modern
method and easy to use in the transfer of information in a more secure and confidential due to
their small size and used it on a personal level.
• In medical field-
Provides ease in the communication between the doctor and the patient.
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23. Advantages-
• It provides SECURITY.
• Forexample, JAVA RING is used to lock orunlock doors or computers. As we use
passwords and keys to lock ourdoors and computers. Wedon’t need to remember all
those passwords and carryall those keys. So java ring is designed to providesecurity.
• It is easy to carry everywhere.
• As COMPUTING DEVICES are embedded, it is not necessaryto carry CELLS or
COMPUTERS it is not necessaryto carry CELLS orCOMPUTERS.
Limitations-
• Charging capabilities and cost arethe sample of problems.
• Display is very small
• Rays may beharmful
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24. The basic idea behindthe digital jewellery concept is to have the
convenience of wireless, wearable computers while remaining
fashionably sound. It is hoped to be marketable soon, however, several
bugs remain. Charging capabilitiesand cost are just a sample of the
problems thatcan be avoided by using digital jewellery.
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