Wearable Computing

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Wearable Computing

• Manuel Probst
• Barbara 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
• PDAs

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Placement Ergonomics

• On the users body
• In the users clothes (smart clothing)
• Implanted under the users skin

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Placement Ergonomics

• On the users body
• Placement
• Form language
• Human movement
• Sizing
• Weight

Source http//www.ices.cmu.edu/design/wearability

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Placement Ergonomics

• In the users 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
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Critical Data Viewer

• Attached to glasses
• Additional control device
• Mobile data access
• Surgery
• Monitoring

Source http//www.microoptical.net
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Know Where Jacket

• Multimedia Features
• GPS Receiver

Source http//www.interactive-wear.de
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VeriChip

• Human-implantable passive RFID chip
• Containing an unencrypted ID

Source http//www.interactive-wear.de
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Center for Neural Engineering

• Silicon chip
• Replace defective portions of the human brain or
  nervous system
• Research project

Source http//www.usc.edu/dept/engineering/CNE
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Viewing Systems

• View mission critical information
• Nighttime viewing
• Detection avoiding

Source http//www.microoptical.net
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Personal Media Viewer

• Connected to some device
• Play video files
• Built-in stereo audio

Source http//www.microoptical.net
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Nike Plus

• Sensor
• iPod Receiver
• Synchronization

Source http//www.nikeplus.com
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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