The third phase, underway today, is about connecting a broad range of mobile devices and wireless sensors.
It works by implanting wireless sensors into the chest protector, or "hogu".
It is already possible to power small electronic devices, such as wireless sensors installed in buildings and industrial machinery, using a dedicated microwave transmitter nearby.
The collaboration between the X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm will bring together experts in technology usability, wireless sensors, cloud computing and mobile health to accelerate the convergence of these fields.
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The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm seeks to achieve this by combining advancements in expert systems and medical point of care data such as wireless sensors, advancements in medical imaging and microfluidics.
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Moving beyond the energy use-case, big tech companies have been showcasing the various ways things like wireless sensors, analytic software, and improved processing power could help better manage any number of resources.
Combine wireless sensors with the study of genes, or genomics, imaging and a proliferation of health-focused social networks, and you have a convergence capable of bringing about the "creative destruction" of medicine.
Have you ever been halfway through a heart attack and thought "If only my shirt had been laced with wireless sensors that monitored respiration and body temperature, this cheese-stick-related incident might have been prevented"?
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One small firm, Sensaris, which makes wireless sensors to detect air pollution, has decided to make a filing under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty, which is a way of putting down a marker without the expense of a full patent application.
Packed with speakers, an array of wireless sensors and the ability to send video signals to your TV sans cables, the concept docking station is meant to stylishly hold your KDDI handset (lots of 'em will be compatible in due time) and beam a blown-up version of your phone's UI onto your television or LCD monitor.
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Both Analog and Freescale have reportedly developed wireless crash sensors that fit into the helmets of professional football players and transmit the severity of a big hit to staff on the sidelines.
The vehicles will also be equipped with GPS, wireless radar and sensors.
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As the new millennium began engineers figured out how to make sensors wireless, greatly cutting the costs of each in industrial environments.
What's needed now is the software to tie everything together: sensors, wireless radio networks and GPS navigation systems.
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At the TED conference this week, Jawbone CEO and cofounder Hosain Rahman unveiled a new product called UP, a handsome-looking flexible bracelet packed with vibration and motion sensors and wireless radio chips.
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An environmentally friendly company called GreenGoose makes cute little wireless stickers containing motion sensors, allowing you to track anything that moves, from a pet or child to your phone, or even to check if your spouse left the toilet seat up.
Motorola's new Home Monitoring and Control System HMEZ1000, a system of wireless network cameras and sensors that let's you keep tabs on your home from anywhere, and will automatically email or text message you when a door or window is opened, or when the temperature or humidity hits a certain level.
Our next level of comfort comes with intimate contact sensors, a wireless health option which will soon break out of the research labs.
Its wireless networks of chips, sensors and cameras turn ordinary structures into smart buildings that use less energy and are easier to maintain.
Up to 48 kids recreate the dances displayed on a large screen, while sensors in the wireless dance platforms record data about how well they are doing.
Observos which combines an ATMEL microcontroller (with integrated wireless) with a host of on-board sensors.
Fortunately, he instead builds vast wireless networks of self-organizing, millimeter-size sensors.
Wireless Sensor Networks are smarter than the sum of their sensors.
Art Stewart, vice president of wireless products at sensor maker AuthenTec, which provided fingerprint sensors for the phone, says LG had "antenna issues" with the device.
Wireless technology has allowed scientists and researchers to pepper internet-enabled sensors far beyond the range of the wired grid, but the issue of powering these devices still remains.
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