{"452221":{"#nid":"452221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018On You\u2019 Wearable Computing Exhibit draws over 30,000 attendees, closes with alumni receptions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom the ancient abacus to supercomputers, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., offers an array of\u0026nbsp;rare artifacts and milestones from 2,000 years of \u201ccomputing\u201d history. This summer at a special exhibition, a new breed of computer drew more than 30,000 visitors and showed how computing has become synonymous with daily life.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u201cOn You: A Story of Wearable Computing\u201d exhibit curated more than 60 gadgets chronicling the history of making on-body technology a reality. The exhibit showed devices that have been envisioned for consumers and professionals and by \u201cmakers.\u201d It showed four major challenges to a consumer wearable computer - power and heat, networking, mobile input, and displays - and the product categories that have resulted.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 alumni, family members and students gathered for the exhibit\u2019s closing reception\u0026nbsp;on Sept. 19, many from the College of Computing, including OMSCS students in the Bay Area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gvu.gatech.edu\/you-wearable-computing-exhibit-alumni-receptions\u0022\u003ERead More\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u201cOn You: A Story of Wearable Computing\u201d exhibit at the Computer History Museum curated more than 60 gadgets chronicling the history of making on-body technology a reality.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 100 alumni, family members and students gathered for the exhibit\u2019s closing reception\u0026nbsp;on Sept. 19, many from the College of Computing, including OMSCS students in the Bay Area.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s \u201cOn You: A Story of Wearable Computing\u201d exhibit at the Computer History Museum curated more than 60 gadgets chronicling the history of making on-body technology a reality."}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2015-09-25 10:02:28","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:36","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"416531":{"id":"416531","type":"image","title":"Thad Starner","body":null,"created":"1449254258","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:38","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"Thad Starner","file":{"fid":"202549","name":"thad_starner_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thad_starner_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thad_starner_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":120584,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thad_starner_2_0.jpg?itok=CYln5AeS"}}},"media_ids":["416531"],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9873","name":"clint zeagler"},{"id":"132111","name":"Computer History Museum"},{"id":"1944","name":"Thad Starner"},{"id":"10353","name":"wearable computing"},{"id":"115211","name":"wearable tech"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Preston\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E GVU Center, College of Computing\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpreston@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}