MADE POSSIBLE USING WIRELESS

COMMUNICATION

AUTHORS:

D.S.H.JYOTHSNA K.SANTHOSHI,
3RD YEAR, 3RD YEAR,
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CHAITANYA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY

CHAITANYA
INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING&
TECHNOLOGY
RAJAHMUNDRY.
ABSTRACT that allow you to communicate by ways of e-
Mobile computing is beginning to break the mail, voicemail, and voice communication.
chains that tie us to our desks, but many of This paper enlightens on how various
today's mobile devices can still be a bit computerized jewelry (like ear-rings, necklace,
awkward to carry around. In the next age of ring, bracelet, etc.,) will work with mobile
computing, there will be an explosion of embedded intelligence.
computer parts across our bodies, rather than
Even the devices we use are protected
across our desktops. Basically, jewellery
by passwords. It can be frustrating trying to
adorns the body, and has very little practical
keep with all of the passwords and keys needed
purpose. The combination of microcomputer
to access any door or computer program. This
devices and increasing computer power has
paper discusses about a new Java-based,
allowed several companies to begin producing
computerized ring that will automatically
fashion jewellery with embedded intelligence
unlock doors and log on to computers.
i.e., Digital jewelry. Digital jewellery can best
be defined as wireless, wearable computers

1. INTRODUCTION companies to begin producing fashion

jewellery with embedded intelligence. The
The latest computer craze has been to be able
whole concept behind this is to be able to
to wear wireless computers. The Computer
communicate to others by means of wireless
Fashion Wave, "Digital Jewellery" looks to be
appliances. The other key factor of this concept
the next sizzling fashion trend of the
market is to stay fashionable at the same time.
technological wave. The combination of
shrinking computer devices and increasing
computer power has allowed several
By the end of the decade, we could be wearing components found in a conventional mobile
our computers instead of sitting in front of phone.
them.
Together, the digital-jewellery cell phone
2. WHAT IS DIGITAL JEWELLERY? should work just like a conventional cell
phone. The various components that are inside
Digital jewelry is the fashion jewelry with
a cell phone: Microphone, Receiver, Touch
embedded intelligence. “Digital jewelry” can
pad, Display, Circuit board, Antenna, and
help you solve problems like forgotten
Battery.
passwords and security badges. “Digital
IBM has developed a prototype of a cell phone
jewelry” is a nascent catchphrase for wearable
that consists of several pieces of digital
ID devices that contain personal information
jewellery that will work together wirelessly,
possibly with Blue tooth wireless technology,
to perform the functions of the above
like passwords, identification, and account components.
information. They have the potential to be all-
in-one replacements for your driver’s license,
key chain, business cards, credit cards, health
insurance card, corporate security badge, and
loose cash. They can also solve a common
dilemma of today’s wired world – the forgotten
password.

2.1. DIGITAL JEWELLERY AND ITS

COMPONENTS
Cell phones may one day be comprised of
Soon, cell phones will take a totally new form, digital accessories that Work together
through wireless connections.
appearing to have no form at all. Instead of one
single device, cell phones will be broken up
into their basic components and packaged as
Here are the pieces of computerized-jewelry
various pieces of digital jewellery. Each piece phone and their functions:
of jewellery will contain a fraction of the
• Earrings - Speakers embedded into these
earrings will be the phone's receiver.
• Necklace - Users will talk into the
necklace's embedded microphone.
• Ring - Perhaps the most interesting piece
of the phone, this "magic decoder ring” is
equipped with light-emitting diodes
(LEDs) that flash to indicate an incoming
call. It can also be programmed to flash
different colors to identify a particular
caller or indicate the importance of a call.
• Bracelet - Equipped with a video graphics
array (VGA) display, this wrist display IBM's magic decoder rings will flash when

could also be used as a caller you get a call.

identifier that flashes the name and phone

The same ring that flashes for phone calls
number of the caller.
could also inform you that e-mail is piling up

With a jewellery phone, the keypad and dialing in your inbox. This flashing alert could also

function could be integrated into the bracelet, indicate the urgency of the e-mail.

or else dumped altogether -- it's likely that

voice-recognition software will be used to
make calls. The mouse-ring that IBM is developing will
use the company's Track Point technology to
wirelessly move the cursor on a computer-
monitor display. (Track Point is the little
button embedded in the keyboard of some
laptops). IBM Researchers have transferred
TrackPoint technology to a ring, which looks
something like a black-pearl ring. On top of the
ring is a little black ball that users will swivel
to move the cursor, in the same way that the 2.2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF
TrackPoint button on a laptop is used. DIGITAL JEWELLERY

This Track Point ring will be very valuable Digital jewelry devices consist of a screen or
when monitors shrink to the size of watch face. display for information, most likely consisting
In the coming age of ubiquitous computing, of 7-16-segment, or dot matrix LEDs, LCDs,
displays will no longer be tied to desktops or or other technologies such as
wall screens. Instead, you'll wear the display electroluminescent material (EL) or others,
like a pair of sunglasses or a bracelet. which could become an optional display. So
Researchers are overcoming several obstacles too, an audiovisual or other 'display' could
facing these new wearable displays, the most consist of a speaker, a single flashing light, a
important of which is the readability of sensor of some kind (such as a temperature
information displayed on these tiny devices. driven EL display), or other informational
aesthetic. A micro controller that is a surface
mounted device (SMD) on a printed circuit
board (PCB) with resistors (R) and capacitors
(C) are the internal 'guts' of the jewelry.

3. DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES

The digital jewelry display, for instance, every

alphabet and number system has found
representation within the electronics realm and
'dot-matrix' (a matrix of single LEDs) is used
to display Chinese and Japanese and other
Prototype bracelet display developed by character sets, as can the alternative display for
IBM LCDs (liquid-crystal-displays) also be used, as
often found in watches.
 Complete HIOX necklace showing all 26
letters of the Roman alphabet extended in 4-
dimensional space-time.

4. THE JAVA RING

It seems that everything we access today is
under lock and key. Even the devices we use
Digital Jewelry can be made in many different
are protected by passwords. It can be
sizes and shapes with a variety of materials
frustrating trying to keep with all of the
ranging from plastic and metal to rubber and
passwords and keys needed to access any door
glass. They utilize electromagnetic properties
or computer program. Dallas Semiconductor is
and electronics to display information through
developing a new Java-based, computerized
a screen or display of some kind. This could
ring that will automatically unlock doors and
range from LED 7-segment, 16-segment, dot
log on to computers.
matrix, and other programmable LEDs devices
to LCDs, OLEDs, and other displays, which
are all driven by the self-contained jewellery
devices themselves.

3.1. PROTOTYPES OF DIGITAL

JEWELLERY

The Java Ring can be programmed to give

you access to every door and device.

Blue Dot receptor

The Java Ring is snapped into a reader, called a soon, however, several bugs remain. Charging
Blue Dot receptor, to allow communication capabilities and cost are just a sample of the
between a host system and the Java Ring. The problems
Java Ring is a stainless-steel ring, 16- that lurk.
millimeters (0.6 inches) in diameter, which 6.
houses a 1-million-transistor processor, called
an iButton. The ring has 134 KB of RAM, 32
KB of ROM, a real-time clock and a Java
virtual machine, which is a piece of software
that recognizes the Java language and
translates it for the user's computer system.
Digital jewelry, (designed to supplement the BIBLIOGRAPHY
personal computer,) will be the evolution in
Books
digital technology that makes computer
elements entirely compatible with the human 1. Mobile Communications --Jochen Schiller
form.
2.Blue tooth Connect without Cables--Jennifer
Bray and Charles F Sturman
Highlights of Java Ring
• Runs Java better (plus portions 3. Cellular & Mobile Communications-- LEE
enhance Java Card 2.0)
• Careful attention to physical security Web
(rapid zeroization)
• Durability to stand up to everyday use www.IBM.com
• High memory capacity (up to 134K
bytes NV SRAM) www.howstuffworks.com
• Retail connectivity to 250 million
existing computers (less if designed-in
before manufacturing)

5. CONCLUSION
The basic idea behind the digital jewelry
concept is to have the convenience of wireless,
wearable computers while remaining
fashionably sound. It is hoped to be marketable