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Wearable Computing
Manuel ProbstBarbara Schwarz
12. Juli 2006 Seminar: Context-Aware Computing 2
Content
- Definition & scope- Placement & ergonomics- Implementation barriers- Applications- Further aspects- Outlook
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Definition & Scope
- Definition- External stimulus useful reaction- Sensor- and Communication Technology- „First-Person“ sense
- Scope- Wearable ≠ portable- Mobile Phones- PDA‘s
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Placement & Ergonomics
- On the user‘s body
- In the user‘s clothes (smart clothing)
- Implanted under the user‘s skin
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Placement & Ergonomics
- On the user‘s body
- Placement- Form language- Human movement- Sizing- Weight
Source: http://www.ices.cmu.edu/design/wearability
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Placement & Ergonomics
- In the user‘s clothes (smart clothing)
- Already ergonomically designed Suitability and comfort
- Enormous potential in smart clothing
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Implementation Barriers
- Power supply- Batteries
- Trade-off: storage vs. dimension/weight- Need for charge
- Regenerative energy- Not (yet) able to generate enough energy
- User himself ?
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Implementation Barriers
- Miniaturisation- Cross-linking
- On-body communication- Wireless mostly radiation
- Off-body communication- Wireless (GSM, UMTS) reachability
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Applications
- Fun-/Entertainment sector- Healthcare- Military sector- Logistic-/transportation sector- Construction sector
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Applications
Accessory Clothing Implants
Healthcare Critical Data Viewer Know Where JacketVeriChip (Patient History)University Southern Cal.
Military/ Government
Viewing Systems Following PresentationVeriChip (Immigrants, Prisoners, Security)
Industrial/ Commercial
Following Presentation Following Presentation VeriChip (Tracing)
Consumer Personal Media ViewerKnow Where JacketNike Plus
VeriChip (Cash)
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Further Aspects - Privacy
- Reliable IT infrastructure- Business environment- Legal restrictions- Security issues
- Encryption- Forgeries (identity theft)- Abuses (information acquisition)
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Further Aspects - Acceptance
- Dependent on privacy regulations- Ethical Issues- Religions
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Outlook
- Industry seminal- Mature Technologies- 10th International Symposium on
Wearable Computers in Montreux