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• n  a person who wears or carries or displays something as a body covering or accessory
  the wearer of the crown

• Its brain is a computer (housed in a backpack) that learns to mimic the wearers gait and posture; bioelectric sensors pick up signals transmitted from the brain to the muscles .
• Armed with that idea and a leather golf glove, Patterson created a device that senses its wearer's hand movements and transmits them wirelessly to a tiny handheld monitor, where .
• If the wearer feels threatened in any way, she (so far it's only for women) can activate a switch in either palm that blasts an 80,000-volt electrical pulse through the jacket's .

News & Articles

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• Jennifer Lopez's 'American Idol' Return is 'Not Happening'
  Jennifer Lopez (Getty) The American Idol new judges rumor mill has been out of control for weeks, but now it looks like we can cross one name off the list. A source tells E! News that former judge and risqué leotard-wearer Jennifer Lopez will not be returning for Idol 's thirteenth season. "It's not happening," a source says. That's a far more concrete response to the rumors than the one Lopez ...
  June 12, 2013 - Zimbio
• Orbeus Launches Visual Recognition (But Not Creepy Facial Recognition) APIs For Google Glass
  Google took swift action to ban Google Glass applications with facial recognition capabilities recently, following the launch of an API which would have allowed developers to build apps that could identify the faces of people who a Glass wearer encountered. Today, however, another company called Orbeus is launching its own face and scene detection API platform ReKognition for Glass , which ...
  June 12, 2013 - TechCrunch
• Contact Lens Computer: Like Google Glass, without the Glasses
  Soft contact lenses could display information to the wearer and provide continuous medical monitoring. For those who find Google Glass indiscreet, electronic contact lenses that outfit the user’s cornea with a display may one day provide an alternative. Built by researchers at several institutions, including two research arms of Samsung, the lenses use new nanomaterials to solve some of the ...
  June 7, 2013 - Technology Review

Quotes

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• Steve Cooley in San Jose Mercury News
  Cooley says body armor should be defined as "a bulletproof vest, meaning any bulletproof material intended to provide ballistic and trauma protection for the wearer."
• Nicole Richie in TransWorldNews (press release)
  The pieces can be dressed up, made casual, but most importantly, they provide the wearer a means of self-expression and fun,Richie says.
• Danielle Steel in Kitsap Sun (registration)
  I was always a fragrance wearer, usually something from an old classic French perfumer,Steel, 59, says.