the first smart phone came out in 1999.
when did the first smart phone come out?
1999
in 1985, inventor harry wainwright created the first fully animated sweatshirt. the shirt consisted of fiber optics, leads, and a microprocessor to control individual frames of animation. the result was a full color cartoon displayed on the surface of the shirt. in 1995, wainwright went on to invent the first machine enabling fiber optics to be machined into fabrics, the process needed for manufacturing enough for mass markets and, in 1997, hired a german machine designer, herbert selbach, from selbach machinery to produce the world's first cnc machine able to automatically implant fiber optics into any flexible material. receiving the first of a dozen patents based on led/optic displays and machinery in 1989, the first cnc machines went into production in 1998 beginning with the production of animated coats for disney parks in 1998. the first ecg bio-physical display jackets employing led/optic displays were created by wainwright and david bychkov, the ceo of exmovere at the time in 2005 using gsr sensors in a watch connected via bluetooth to the embedded machine washable display in a denim jacket and were demonstrated at the smart fabrics conference held in washington, d.c. may 7, 2007. additional smart fabric technologies were unveiled by wainwright at two flextech flexible display conferences held in phoenix, az, showing infrared digital displays machine-embedded into fabrics for iff (identification of friend or foe) which were submitted to bae systems for evaluation in 2006 and won an "honorable mention" award from nasa in 2010 on their tech briefs, "design the future" contest. mit personnel purchased several fully animated coats for their researchers to wear at their demonstrations in 1999 to bring attention to their "wearable computer" research. wainwright was commissioned to speak at the textile and colorists conference in melbourne, australia on june 5, 2012 where he was requested to demonstrate his fabric creations that change color using any smart phone, indicate callers on mobile phones without a digital display, and contain wifi security features that protect purses and personal items from theft.
e-textiles
smart phone ad hoc or smart phone ad hoc networks (spans) evolve from the underlying concept, architecture and technology behind a wireless ad hoc network. a smart phone is a device. once embedded with ad hoc networking technology, a smart phone can create ad hoc networks among other devices. smart phone ad hoc networks leverage the existing hardware (primarily bluetooth and wi-fi) in commercially available smartphones to create peer-to-peer networks without relying on cellular carrier networks, wireless access points, or traditional network infrastructure. spans use the mechanism behind wi-fi ad-hoc mode, which allows phones to talk directly among each other, through a transparent neighbor and route discovery mechanism.
smart phone ad hoc network