DIGITAL JEWELLERY
MADE POSSIBLE USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
ABSTRACT
Mobile
computing is beginning to break the chains that tie us to our desks,
but many of today's mobile devices can still be a bit awkward to carry
around. In the next age of computing, there will be an explosion of
computer parts across our bodies, rather than across our desktops.
Basically, jewellery adorns the body, and has very little practical
purpose. The combination of microcomputer devices and increasing
computer power has allowed several companies to begin producing fashion
jewellery with embedded intelligence i.e., Digital jewelry.
Digital jewellery can best be defined as wireless, wearable computers
that allow you to communicate by ways of e-mail, voicemail, and voice
communication. This paper enlightens on how various computerized jewelry
(like ear-rings, necklace, ring, bracelet, etc.,) will work with mobile
embedded intelligence.
Even
the devices we use are protected by passwords. It can be frustrating
trying to keep with all of the passwords and keys needed to access any
door or computer program. This paper discusses about a new Java-based,
computerized ring that will automatically unlock doors and log on to
computers.
1. INTRODUCTION
The
latest computer craze has been to be able to wear wireless computers.
The Computer Fashion Wave, "Digital Jewellery" looks to be the next
sizzling fashion trend of the technological wave. The combination of
shrinking computer devices and increasing computer power has allowed
several companies to begin producing fashion jewellery with embedded
intelligence. The whole concept behind this is to be able to communicate
to others by means of wireless appliances. The other key factor of this
concept market is to stay fashionable at the same time.
By the end of the decade, we could be wearing our computers instead of sitting in front of them.
2. WHAT IS DIGITAL JEWELLERY?
Digital jewelry is the fashion jewelry with embedded intelligence. “Digital
jewelry” can help you solve problems like forgotten passwords and
security badges. “Digital jewelry” is a nascent catchphrase for wearable
ID devices that contain personal information
like
passwords, identification, and account information. They have the
potential to be all-in-one replacements for your driver’s license, key
chain, business cards, credit cards, health insurance card, corporate
security badge, and loose cash. They can also solve a common dilemma of
today’s wired world – the forgotten password.
2.1. DIGITAL JEWELLERY AND ITS COMPONENTS
Soon,
cell phones will take a totally new form, appearing to have no form at
all. Instead of one single device, cell phones will be broken up into
their basic components and packaged as various pieces of digital
jewellery. Each piece of jewellery will contain a fraction of the
components found in a conventional mobile phone.
Together, the digital-jewellery cell phone should work just like a conventional cell phone. The various components that are inside a cell phone: Microphone, Receiver, Touch pad, Display, Circuit board, Antenna, and Battery.
IBM
has developed a prototype of a cell phone that consists of several
pieces of digital jewellery that will work together wirelessly, possibly
with Blue tooth wireless technology, to perform the functions of the above components.
Cell phones may one day be comprised of digital accessories that Work together through wireless connections.
Here are the pieces of computerized-jewelry phone and their functions:
· Earrings - Speakers embedded into these earrings will be the phone's receiver.
· Necklace - Users will talk into the necklace's embedded microphone.
· Ring
- Perhaps the most interesting piece of the phone, this "magic decoder
ring” is equipped with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that flash to
indicate an incoming call. It can also be programmed to flash different
colors to identify a particular caller or indicate the importance of a
call.
· Bracelet
- Equipped with a video graphics array (VGA) display, this wrist
display could also be used as a caller identifier that
flashes the name and phone number of the caller.
With
a jewellery 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.
IBM's magic decoder rings will flash when you get a call.
The
same ring that flashes for phone calls could also inform you that
e-mail is piling up in your inbox. This flashing alert could also
indicate the urgency of the e-mail.
The mouse-ring that IBM is developing will use the company's Track Point
technology to wirelessly move the cursor on a computer-monitor display.
(Track Point is the little button embedded in the keyboard of some
laptops). IBM Researchers have transferred TrackPoint technology to a
ring, which looks something like a black-pearl ring. On top of the ring
is a little black ball that users will swivel to move the cursor, in the
same way that the TrackPoint button on a laptop is used.
This
Track Point ring will be very valuable when monitors shrink to the size
of watch face. In the coming age of ubiquitous computing, displays will
no longer be tied to desktops or wall screens. Instead, you'll wear the
display like a pair of sunglasses or a
bracelet. Researchers are overcoming several obstacles facing these new
wearable displays, the most important of which is the readability of
information displayed on these tiny devices.
Prototype bracelet display developed by IBM
2.2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF DIGITAL JEWELLERY
Digital
jewelry devices consist of a screen or display for information, most
likely consisting of 7-16-segment, or dot matrix LEDs, LCDs, or other
technologies such as electroluminescent material (EL) or others, which
could become an optional display. So too, an audiovisual or other
'display' could consist of a speaker, a single flashing light, a sensor
of some kind (such as a temperature driven EL display), or other
informational aesthetic. A micro controller that is a surface mounted
device (SMD) on a printed circuit board (PCB) with resistors (R) and
capacitors (C) are the internal 'guts' of the jewelry.
3. DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES
The
digital jewelry display, for instance, every alphabet and number system
has found representation within the electronics realm and 'dot-matrix'
(a matrix of single LEDs) is used to display Chinese and Japanese and
other character sets, as can the alternative display for LCDs
(liquid-crystal-displays) also be used, as often found in watches.
Digital
Jewelry can be made in many different sizes and shapes with a variety
of materials ranging from plastic and metal to rubber and glass. They
utilize electromagnetic properties and electronics to display
information through a screen or display of some kind. This could range
from LED 7-segment, 16-segment, dot matrix, and other programmable LEDs
devices to LCDs, OLEDs, and other displays, which are all driven by the
self-contained jewellery devices themselves.
3.1. PROTOTYPES OF DIGITAL JEWELLERY
Complete HIOX necklace showing all 26 letters of the Roman alphabet extended in 4-dimensional space-time.
4. THE JAVA RING
It
seems that everything we access today is under lock and key. Even the
devices we use are protected by passwords. It can be frustrating trying
to keep with all of the passwords and keys needed to access any door or
computer program. Dallas Semiconductor is developing a new Java-based, computerized ring that will automatically unlock doors and log on to computers.
The Java Ring can be programmed to give you access to every door and device.
Blue Dot receptor
The
Java Ring is snapped into a reader, called a Blue Dot receptor, to
allow communication between a host system and the Java Ring. The Java
Ring is a stainless-steel ring, 16-millimeters (0.6 inches) in diameter,
which houses a 1-million-transistor processor, called an iButton. The ring 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 recognizes the Java language and translates it for the
user's computer system. Digital jewelry, (designed to supplement the
personal computer,) will be the evolution in digital technology that
makes computer elements entirely compatible with the human form.
Highlights of Java Ring
· Runs Java better (plus portions enhance Java Card 2.0)
· Careful attention to physical security (rapid zeroization)
· Durability to stand up to everyday use
· High memory capacity (up to 134K bytes NV SRAM)
· Retail connectivity to 250 million existing computers (less if designed-in before manufacturing)
5. CONCLUSION
The
basic idea behind the digital jewelry 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 capabilities and cost are just a sample of the problems that
lurk.
6. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
1. Mobile Communications --Jochen Schiller
2.Blue tooth Connect without Cables--Jennifer Bray and Charles F Sturman
3. Cellular & Mobile Communications-- Lee
Web
www.howstuffworks.com
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