On September 2, 2015 the Decimal Lab team, Dr. Isabel Pedersen, and students Nathan Gale (graduate student), Cameron Nicoll (undergrad student), and Samantha Reid (UOIT alumni and research manager) embarked on their Japan Odyssey. Flying halfway around the world to conduct field research, forge international connections, present their iMind technology project at the International Symposium of Wearable Computing (ISWC) Design… Read more →
Tag: wearables
Decimal Lab visits Tokyo, Japan
Visit to the Embassy The first location of interest to the Decimal Lab while visiting Tokyo was the Canadian Embassy. Before venturing to Japan, Dr. Isabel Pedersen had made contact with Counsellor and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Japan in order to set up a meeting while we were in the country. He was kind enough to accommodate… Read more →
Decimal Lab Presents Wear Me: Art | Technology | Body
WeAreWearables was a success for the Decimal Lab
On April 9th, 2015, the Decimal Lab participated in the WeAreWearables conference which was hosted by Tom Emrich at the MaRs Discovery District. During the event, many of our lab members demoed the technology that we have been hard at work developing in the lab such as our iMind project and META Museum. Our lab members were extremely happy with… Read more →
The hybridization of wearables and implantables: A new era of technology?
Reality-Shifting Comments: By Rebecca Smith A recent innovation by Naomi Kizhner has lead me to question the line between wearable technology and implantable technology. Previously, wearable technology was generally thought to be a piece of technology that is worn as an appendage on the human body whereas implantable technology is more permanent. But what do we get when the line… Read more →