Wearables Gabriela Avram Introduction to Digital Media 2017
The last set of lectures p 31.10.2017 – Computing close to the body: wearables, medical devices, the quantified self p 3.11.2017 – Education in the digital age; self development; online portfolios. p 7.11.2017 – Tools for collaboration; computing, data, materiality; implications. p 10.11.2017 – Cultural heritage, art and performance. What is changing? Remediation as ingredient. Pop culture. p 14.11.2017 - Digital civics; cities as our playground, globalisation, diaspora, alternative economics. Digital platforms and the sharing economy.
Revision & Exam p Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16-18 p SG16 p Going through the topics selected for the exam p There will be no lectures after that! p Exam on Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 12:30pm in the CSIS building
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/-E2dcekXzts p
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Source: What is Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)?, online at https:// p youtu.be/4T750VY6JHw
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- http://mashable.com/2014/02/09/pill-camera-colonoscopy/#JUrmaipc_uqU 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 p Forestfish p Samsung
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
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:// advancedtextilessource.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; p 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 also raise challenges p Privacy, surveillance, and sousveillance p Are we heading toward an era of an augmented human? Turning into cyborgs?
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