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Body-worn wearable computers, or wearables for short, are small, portable electronic devices that are to be worn on the body of the user or integrated into their clothing. The idea bahind them is to give the users easy access to information and computing power. These devices are also often aware of their user and the environment they are in. This allows them to offer contextual information and react to the user's surroundings, location, their body position, bodily functions, or even mental state.
  
 
== Main characteristics ==
 
== Main characteristics ==

Revision as of 10:07, 5 April 2016

Body-worn wearable computers, or wearables for short, are small, portable electronic devices that are to be worn on the body of the user or integrated into their clothing. The idea bahind them is to give the users easy access to information and computing power. These devices are also often aware of their user and the environment they are in. This allows them to offer contextual information and react to the user's surroundings, location, their body position, bodily functions, or even mental state.

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