{"323231":{"#nid":"323231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Starner to Showcase Wearable Tech at World Economic Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe World Economic Forum will host a gathering of renowned technology and science innovators, Sept. 10-12 in Tianjin, China, to focus on how innovation will impact societal and business practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Professor of Interactive Computing Thad Starner is an invited speaker at the summit and will showcase a curated exhibit of wearable computing devices for the more than 1,500 participants from 90 countries. Starner is also a technical lead on Google Glass.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEstablished in 2007 as the foremost global gathering on science, technology, and innovation, the World Economic Forum\u2019s Annual Meeting of the New Champions convenes the next generation of fast-growing enterprises shaping the future of business and society together with leaders from major multinationals as well as government, media, academia and civil society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeeting under the theme Creating Value through Innovation, this year\u2019s meeting is designed to enhance creative thinking and experiential learning through hands-on discovery and innovative\u0026nbsp;session formats.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarner, along with Georgia Tech Research Scientist Clint Zeagler, will show the Wearable Computing Exhibit, which includes electronic textiles, advances in battery life and on-body interfaces. Several head-mounted displays for user participation are part of the full exhibit. Starner will give guided tours on the history of wearable computing technology and will highlight breakthroughs in the field as well as likely future developments.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibit, originally sponsored by Georgia Tech, has been shown in Canada and Germany. For more information, visit the virtual exhibit at wcc.gatech.edu\/exhibition. A video of the exhibit opening is available \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9q7PCy28BvU\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Professor of Interactive Computing Thad Starner is an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum\u2019s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Sept. 10-12 in Tianjin, China,\u0026nbsp;and will showcase a curated exhibit of wearable computing devices for the more than 1,500 participants from 90 countries. Starner is also a technical lead on Google Glass.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech Professor of Interactive Computing Thad Starner is an invited speaker at the World Economic Forum\u2019s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Sept. 10-12 in Tianjin, China."}],"uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2014-09-09 11:51:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:04","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"279861":{"id":"279861","type":"image","title":"Thad Starner","body":null,"created":"1449244184","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:44","changed":"1475894973","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:33","alt":"Thad Starner","file":{"fid":"198891","name":"13p1000-p17-004-f.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13p1000-p17-004-f_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/13p1000-p17-004-f_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2300768,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/13p1000-p17-004-f_0.jpg?itok=LTtvARIL"}}},"media_ids":["279861"],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4887","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"114601","name":"Press Release"},{"id":"1944","name":"Thad Starner"},{"id":"10353","name":"wearable computing"},{"id":"77691","name":"wearable technology"}],"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\u003EJoshua Preston\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejpreston@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E678.231.0787\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jpreston@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}