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Wearables Gabriela Avram

Wearable computing p Wearable computing is the study or practice of inventing, designing, building, or using miniature body-borne computational and sensory devices. Wearable computers may be worn under, over, or in clothing, or may also be themselves clothes (i.e. "Smart Clothing" (Mann, 1996a)). p Alternative term: “Bearable Computing”, "Body-Borne Computing” . It includes all manner of technology that is on or in the body, e.g. implantable devices as well as portable devices like smartphones. Source: Steve Mann, Wearable Computing article in the Encyclopaedia of Human Computer p Interaction, 2 nd edition , https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the- encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/wearable-computing

Categories of wearables p Smart watches p Smart glasses p Smart clothes p Wearable cameras (e.g. GoPro, SenseCam) p Contact lenses p Tatoos p Implants p Ingestibles

Application Domains p Healthcare p Wellbeing – fitness p Monitoring babies & pets p Specific workplaces – firefighting, manufacturing p Games and Virtual Reality p Performances and Art

Timeline Source: Areteon (2015) Wearable Devices Market & Technology

Healthcare

Applications p Prosthetics p Exoskeletons p Glasses for visually impaired p Blood pressure, heart rate, hydration, lung capacity, blood sugar monitors p Location devices p Smart clothes (e.g.posture correcting wearables) p Implants (e.g. pacemakers) p Ingestibles

Prosthetics Source: Make It Wearable | Episode 4: Becoming Superhuman, online at https:// p youtu.be/eyx0SwNlpPw

Prosthetics SourceRobotic Exoskeleton to helps paraplegics walks again, online at https:// p youtu.be/AQw6UVjaF00

Glasses for legally blind people Source: How eSight Works, online at https://youtu.be/OYzP_RgXrIE p Learn more about eSight: https://www.esighteyewear.com/

Embrace p Detects patterns that may be associated to a convulsive seizure, and alerts caregivers. p https:// www.empatica.com

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Source: What is Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)?, online at https:// p youtu.be/qtqN9Bcvt4U

Smart massage jacket -AiraWear Source: https://airawear.com p

Safe Wander for Alzheimer patients Source: Safe Wander- preventing falls in patients with dementia, online at p https://youtu.be/2rs19iYhfic

Ingestibles PillCam- https://youtu.be/ys-4fYFOU0Y p

Wellbeing

Smart Watches p The Apple Watch p Read a review here: https:// www.imore.com/ watchos-4-review

Activity Trackers p Fitbit p Jawbone p Leaf p The Quantified Self Movement

Monitoring others p Mimobaby p Fitbark

Glasses p Google Glass

Wearable cameras p GoPro p SenseCam Lifelogging=using wearable p technology or mobile devices in order to capture and chronicle one’s live. https://www.wareable.com/ p cameras/best-wearable- lifelogging-cameras

Implants p Some Swedish workers are volunteering to have chips implanted in their hands to allow them to unlock doors, to enter the office or gym without a key. p https://youtu.be/ 2Tjp8NDgmII

Tatoos p Skin Motion p DuoSkin

Which one? p If you had to choose one for free, what would be the first wearable you would want to have? p Why?

Professional applications

Firefighting p Wearable Advanced Sensor Platform (WASP) Shirt p Sensors on a strap under the shirt p Source: https:// advancedtextilessour ce.com/2014/01/11/ wearable-sensors-for- firefighters/

Car repair p Source: BMW augmented reality; https:// youtu.be/P9KPJlA5yds

Spine surgery p Two Brazilian surgeons adapted the Microsoft HoloLens to assist with spinal surgery p Source: https:// youtu.be/ gxm_Ka0j99M

Military Operations p Head mount displays for the US military; Source: https://youtu.be/UL-eao0_GLc

Infotainment

Augmented Reality

Virtual Reality -video games p Allowing immersion in a virtual world p Augmenting not only vision and hearing, but also haptics

Gloves for musicians p Remidi: https://youtu.be/YWDteIobzEg

Sculpting music: Imogen Heap Source: TEDx CERN https://youtu.be/7oeEQhOmGpg p

DJ Chevy One performance p Kimatica: http://kimatica.net/portfolio/light-halo/

Fashion Tech

Emel +Aris smart coat p “the world's first smart coats that incorporate patented infra-red and battery-operated technology to heat the wearer at varying degrees of warmth” p http://www.vogue.co.uk/ gallery/emel-and-aris- wearable-technology- heated-coats-interview

The Spider Dress p Anouk Wipprecht's Spider Dress at LIFELOGGING at Science Gallery Dublin p https://youtu.be/ U7dpyphjHAs

Luminiscent dress p Claire Danes wearing a Zac Posen dress at Met’16 Gala 2016 p https://youtu.be/ T1uz_zumWto

Current Challenges p Security p Data storage and ownership p Battery life p Connectivity

Go back to the thought of the 
 wearable you wished for p What would be your main worry? p Why?

Conclusions p Wearables are a growing trend; p They open up amazing opportunities; they p also raise challenges p Privacy, surveillance, and sousveillance p Are we heading toward an era of an augmented human? Turning into cyborgs?