PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Invent Apps That Help Others and Build Empathy
In this interactive instructional activity, students will discover how new apps are improving the lives of people with a disability or illness and helping to raise empathy. Students will create an app.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Wearable Computing
Take an academic look at wearable computing with this site from MIT. Check out the research currently going on at the institution, including "fashion shows" of various devices. Also contains "A Brief History of Wearable Computing Timeline".
BBC
Bbc News: Smart Chips Making Daily Life Easier
This article reports on "ubiquitous computing", which means sticking programmable microchip sensors onto everyday household objects to make them a little bit smarter. It gives specific examples of how smart chip technology is being used...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Car for Blind Drivers
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Rapid Prototyping Google Glass
Rapid prototyping is a method used to accelerate the innovation process. Tom Chi explains how this method was used to create one of Google's newest inventions, Google Glass. [8:08]
Other
Vision Technology for the Totally Blind
An interesting application of wearable computing that is helping blind people "see". vOICe technology uses synthetic (bionic) vision through auditory video representations, combined with current brain implant and retinal implant...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Wearables
A website with 6 links to information on wearable technology including topics such as What is Wearable Technology, Pros and Cons of Wearable Technology, How Can Wearables Affect Our Lives, The Future of Wearable Technology, What is a...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smart Buildings, Transport, and Grids
Find out what it means for a piece of infrastructure to be smart?