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Reading may be

An activity:

Reading (activity)', an activity performed by a human Reading'' of the bill (a proposed law) is its normal recital before a person which is to assume it Reading (technical), an activity performed by a computer Cold reading (theatrical), an audition without rehearsal

The individual: Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1904)

The place inside England: Reading, Berkshire (the origin of more toponym) University of Reading, a university around Reading inside England Reading Abbey, a medieval abbey witharound Reading in England Reading Chronicle, an English newspaper from Reading Reading Festival, a rock and roll festival inside Reading inside England Reading Bridge, a bridge above a Thames River Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)

The place in the United States: Reading, Kansas Reading, Massachusetts Reading, Michigan Reading, New York Reading, Ohio Reading, Pennsylvania Reading, Vermont North Reading, Massachusetts Port Reading, New Jersey Reading Township, Michigan Reading Township, Pennsylvania West Reading, Pennsylvania Reading Railroad, a historical U.S. railroad Sustaining the slightly different spelling: Redding, California Redding, Connecticut

The tool: Reading (Thoreau), a chapter within Henry David Thoreau's Walden Reading Capital, a collectiin of essays on Marxism

Augmented Reality: A New Way of Seeing
The Scientific American Article describes one application of Wearable Computing: Overlaying contextual information over normal vision.

Dress Code
Somewhat critical overview article from Wired featuring the oldest wearable computer (1981).

IEEE Pervasive Computing
Journal on ubiquitous computing. Often features free articles on wearables.

Developments and Possibilities
Diploma thesis which discusses conceptual and real-world applications of wearables as well as social implications. Also describes a prototype implementation using a Xybernaut MA IV.

Skills Impact Study for Tactical Mobile Robot Operational Units
The article, in principal focused on telepresence robot control, gives a nice overview on wearable computing and augmented reality on its first thirty pages and later on goes into detail on possible human feedback channels. [PDF]

Gesture-Operable Digital Home Electronic Appliances
Overview of gesture recognition and force feedback for switches, screens, and games.






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