Wearable TechnologyWILDCATS

SportsWhat is it?

Altitude mask is something that professional athletes would wear to help them improve their fitness and their muscles. Overall it will improve the athlete's performance. How does it work?

Altitude mask reduces the air and the pressure during exercise when you inhale and exhale the air. It also reduces the air that you inhale to the lungs. It will teach you and improve your breathing and how to control it.

Altitude mask.

Sports Altitude mask.

Increases lung capacity!Expands the lungs allowing you to store more

air so you get tired less quickly.

Respiratory system!Improves the work of the lungs and heart. They will work harder to pump blood and oxygen around your body.

Recover time!An athlete will learn to control the heart rate and breathing which will make you less tired.

POSITIVES

Sports Altitude mask.

Fashionable: You look creepy at the gym!

Expensive: Cost a lot! £40 - £80

Usage: Takes a while to adapt to

NEGATIVES

HealthcareWearables in Healthcare- Advancements in technology have opened up an abundance of possibilities for wearable appliances in the digital health field.

How are wearables used in digital health?Current applications of wearables in healthcare can be classified into five categories:

1. Health and Wellness Monitoring- Used by individuals to gather quantified data about their health. 2. Safety Monitoring- These wearables have developed to detect falls, seizures and heart attacks in older and susceptible clients. Alarms are then sent to emergency contacts or medical response teams. 3. Home Rehabilitation-Feedback system used to facilitate home-based rehabilitation for physiotherapy, patients with heart disease, and elderly people. 4. Treatment Efficacy Assessment-Better efficiency with the assessment of clinical trials, in both treatments and outcomes. Can track physiological changes and the progress of treatments on a regular basis.Patience compliance- monitor and assess5. Early Detection of Disorders-Can be used for early detection of symptoms and abnormal changes in a patient’s health status

The following is one of the smart wearables that were engineered for the healthcare industry.

Healthcare professionals are able to keep track on the vital information of their patients through HealthPatch MD. The product helps with keeping track of the following:

• Heart rate• Breathing• Temperature• Steps• And can detect body position in case the patient has fallen.

Healthcare

Smartwatches

A mobile device with a touchscreen display,designed to be worn on the wrist.*

*https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/smartwatch

POSITIVES● Encourage Health & Fitness

● Convenience

● Compatibility

● Personalised information

NEGATIVES● Consumer Society

● They’re not really ‘watches’

● Still dependant on the smartphone

● Battery life

● Inaccurate data

Virtual RealityThere are three main types of VR systems: Video Mapping VR

Immersive VRDesktop VR

Positives:

● Used in training ● Aviation and architecture● Better than reality?● Detailed experiences of places

you may never see in reality

Negatives:

● Training is not actually real● People can become addicted ● Feeling of worthlessness● Expensive

BluetoothFacts:

● Dr. Japp Haartsen invented the bluetooth while working at ericsson in the 1990s

● The bluetooth is named after a tenth century king Harald Bluetooth. King of denmark and norway.

● The bluetooth was formally announced the 20th of may 1998.

● Today it has a membership of 30,000 companies worldwide.

Positives : ● Hands free mobile phone use so you can drive safely

and talk on the phone if you need to. ● Bluetooth is reliable and universal. More devices have

started to use the technology more manufacturers are making their products compatible.

● Low energy consumption, the bluetooth uses low power signals as a result the technology requires little energy and little battery will be used.

Negatives : ● Poor security, pretty much every technology has some

security built in to it to prevent hackers however bluetooth security is week compared and people can gain access to information on your device through your bluetooth.

● Because Bluetooth is intended to be very energy-efficient, it sends data relatively slowly. Bluetooth is not an efficient substitute for WIFI or USB.

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Wearable Technology with ChildrenWearable technology has been quickly gaining in popularity since coming on the scene several years ago and devices nowadays have been more

specifically designed with the younger set in mind.

The Monbaby baby monitor is a device that helps monitor your baby's breathing and movement. It is a small button-like sensor that attaches to your baby's clothing and measures their breathing rate/pattern and movement level, while sending the data

directly to your phone.

Positives:

● Battery lasts 2 months

● Compatible with android and iphones

● Alerts you when there is a problem

Negatives:

● May be slightly uncomfortable for the baby

Wearable Technology with ChildrenThe iSWIMBAND is a personal drowning detection system that can be worn as a headband or a wristband, to help parents keep track of their

kids in water. It will notify your phone when your child has been submerged in water for too long.

Positives:

● You can monitor up to 8 bands per phone

● Has a 100 ft range

● Loud audible alerts in case of trouble

● Could save your child life

Negatives:

● Uncomfortable

● If it falls off and sinks then the parents is alerted and worried for no reason.

● There should be a system like this built into goggles, as pretty much every child wears goggles whilst swimming- it's much more practical.