Wearable Computing

Manuel ProbstBarbara Schwarz

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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

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