Potential Advantages.

Wearable Computers have many advantages: the most common ones are the following.
=> flexibile
=>makes tasks easier.
=> time saver in addition to efficiency improvement of operations
=> quick to access at any time.
=> allow user to command and execute while doing other activities

Wearable computers provide constant interaction with the users. the device can be incorporated to the user to act like a prosthetic.

This technology is being adopted and recommended in many fields and industries:

• Hospitals (used by surgeons)
• Government ( used by the marines)
• Engineers (when they are out of office)
• Workers ( e.g. mining)
  

http://www.unmediated.org/archives/2004/12/new_wearable_ar.php

http://ittowear.blogspot.com/2008/11/wearable-computers-and-their-business.html

What are they replacing?

Researchers believe that few modifications are still needed to take place on actual wearable computers before having the potential to replace a long list of technologies highly used by our society. this list mainly consists of the following: cell phones, pager, PDA, GPS systems, and MP3 players. It is also important to note that wearable computers have also a strong potential to replace actual computers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DNXLAogM7Q&feature=related

http://business.highbeam.com/435989/article-1G1-80608410/functional-fashion-while-wearable-computer-could-eventually

What are Wearable Computers?

As it’s named, this IT refers to computers that are worn by their users. In another way, a wearable computer is a body-worn or in clothing integrated IT. This technology offers hands- free maneuver completed using speech control. In addition, this technology uses a head or body-mounted display where users can retrieve data without blocking their field of view. The first wearable computer was conceived in 1955.

http://www.wearable-consult.com/index_en.html

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?reload=true&isnumber=15725&arnumber=729523&count=30&index=1