The Rise of Wearable Technology: Output

Devices
Advisor: Prof. Sung Joo Lee

Presented by,
Prathamesh Chopade,
Id. No. 2014712379
Department of SAINT
Sungkyunkwan University
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Outline
Introduction
History

How Devices work?

Input
Output

Pros and Cons

Future of Wearable devices
Conclusion

Introduction

The term wearable device refers to electronic technologies or

computers that are incorporated into items of clothing and accessories
which can comfortably be worn on the body.

The idea is that technology will increasingly become more part of our
day-to-day life lives, and it will become less intrusive, as it will be part of
our clothing, and sometimes even part of our bodies

As of now, wearable devices are already available in the fields of

Health
Medical devices
Sensors
Wearable for pets
Monitoring Fitness
Smart Fabrics

Tehrani, Kiana. Wearable Devices: Everything You Need to Know. Wearable Devices Magazine
November 2013. Wearable Devices Web.

History of wearable devices

Year

Device

Operation

Inventor/Manufacturer

1961

Roulette Predictor

Cigarette pack sized computer to

indicate speed of roulette wheel

Edward O Thorp, Claude Shannon

1967

Wearable Eyeglass
Speechreading
Aid(Visual speech
reader for the deaf)

Eye-glass mounted display of

analogue computer helps user
read lips better

Hubert Upton, electronics engineer

at Bell Labs, USA

1977

Wearable cameratotactile vest for blind

Head mounted camera converts

image onto a tactile grid.

C.C. Collins

1977

Algebraic calculator
watch

28 key calculator weared on the

wrist and operated using a stylus

Hewlett-Packard

1979

Walkman

Wearable Device able to play

songs.

Sony

1981

Back pack mounted

computer to control
photographic
equipment,with a
head mounted
display.

A wearble computer which can

be used for controlling cameras,
flash bulbs and other
photographic equipment and
also post the images onto the
internet.

Steve Mann.

1990

Active Badge

Person locating device using

infrared signals attached to users
clothing

Olivetti Research group, UK

1994

Wrist computer

A palmtop computer, with a

QWERTY keyborad wearble on
the wrist

Edgar Mathais, Mike Ruicci,

University of Toronto

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-03/news/39714560_1_computer-usa-operation-inventor
Connecting Virtual and Visceral: An Introduction to the Evolution of Wearable Computers for 4
Industrial Designers Lois Frankel, School of Industrial Design, Carleton University, Canada

How devices work?

Visual Devices

Head Mounted Devices

Augmented reality displays.

LEDs, OLEDs panels

Tactile displays

1.) Contectual EEG

http://emotiv.com/

2.) Augmented reality

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130618-livemap-augmentedreality-helmet-with-navigation-on-indiegogo.html

3.) Head mounted display

httpwww.slipperybrick.comtagaugmented-reality

Fig. An OLED screen

Fig. Tactile display

http://www.oled-info.com/lg-aims-lead-flexible-oled-market-wearable-devicesalready-talks-major-clients

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=2096
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/inform/

Auditory
Output devices related to sound usually include earphones, walkmans etc.
A device has been developed , by which people who are mute can communicate with
others.

Fig. A glove that can convert sign language into speech (design)
http://www.wearable-technologies.com/2014/04/wearables-improving-life/

Tactile
Devices that rely on human touch are classified under Tactile devices.

Fig. Feeling sound

https://makeit.intel.com/

Fig. A vibrating belt

ActiveBelt: Belt-Type Wearable Tactile Display for Directional Navigation, Koji Tsukada and
Michiaki Yasumura, 6th International conference on Ubiquitous computing, Nottingham, UK

Fig. A vibrating vest.

http://www.livescience.com/48864-vibrating-vest-for-deaf.html

Fig. Shoes and insoles based on haptic

feedbacks
http://lechal.com/index.html

Pros & Cons

The advantages of Wearable Computers are:Enhanced Communication
Able to use wearable devices to complete daily tasks Flexibility
Work from anywhere
Ease in accessing information

The disadvantages of Wearable Computers:Equipment can be heavy, Expensive

Some Wearable Computers can consist of a lot of wiring
Can cause irritation in heat, Side-Effects such as Headaches
Decreased Social interaction.

Future of wearable devices

Fig. Googles Ophthalmic Electrochemical

Sensors

Fig. More Fashionable garments

http://www.zealousweb.com/blog/what-tech-leaders-have-to-say-about-the-future-ofwearable-technology/

http://massshine.com/2014/04/google-smart-contact-lenses-move-closer-to-reality/

Fig. A phone embeded under the skin

Fig. Augmented reality guided surgery

http://www.core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/projects/4673/
http://www.techmalak.com/wearable-devices-next-big-thing/#.VHWwVIuUfcw

http://www.ircad.fr/ihu-strasbourg-four-world-firsts-in-less-than-a-year-since-its-creation/
http://campar.in.tum.de/Chair/ProjectMedUI

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Fig. Energy harvesting devices

http://sites.psu.edu/siowfa14/2014/10/22/does-a-human-body-can-become-a-source-ofelectrical-power/

Fig. The Future soldier

US army, DARPA http://www.cnbc.com/id/101664183

Fig. Holographic interact able display

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1740960

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HMD, Augmented
reality display

CPU, for processing

capability

Minituarized Nuclear reactor

Biofeedback devices
Gesture sensors

Robotic Exoskeleton
Haptic feedback, electro and
vibro tactile capability
Increased strength and
power.
Advanced weapons system
Flight Instruments
Homoestasis

Holographic Display

Thrusters for
flight manouvers
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Outline
Roadmap of wearable tech
What has driven this trend?
Impact on human life
Issues in design of wearable tech
Tactile devices
Conclusion

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Roadmap of Wearable tech

Fig. Current status and Future of Wearable tech.

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http://vandrico.com/database
http://vint.sogeti.com/wearable-1-10-dutch-consumers-wants-google-glass-smartwatch/
The Future of wearable tech, PSPK report with Intel, www.psfk.com/future-of-wearable-tech iq.intel.com/future-of-wearable-tech
http://lazure2.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/imaginations-mips-based-wearable-and-iot-ecosystem-is-the-alternative/

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What has driven this trend?

Fig. The minituarization of IC.

http://itersnews.com/?p=19021

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Impact on Human Lives

Positive

Negative

Monitoring Health

Using users medical records to harm him/her (Bioterrorism)

Ease in accessing information.

Information may not be secured, may be visible to others.

Provides flexibility in day-to day task

Can lead to unhealthy habits, increase in diseases.

With added advantage of social media, any person

can be reached easily.

Lack of physical presence for the meeting will lead to

decreased social interaction.

Can be used for physical rehabilitation,prosthetics

etc

Exoskeleton are developed for military use, which can do

more harm than good (user perspective)

To summarize, use of tools and technologies over time,

changes the nature of human mental processes
Tools are not just added to human activity; they transform it
Tikhomirov, 1974, p. 374

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Issues in design for wearable tech.

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PLACEMENT: Should be unobtrusive.

SHAPE: Should be compatible with the placement area.
MOVEMENT: Should not hamper human movement.
PROXEMICS: human perception of space, the device should be within the users intimate space.
SIZING: considers the build of a body and the ways in which it will change.
ATTACHMENT: fixing forms to the body should be stable, solid, and comfortable attachment
CONTAINMENT: whats inside of the shape.
WEIGHT: should not imbalance the human body.
ACCESSIBILITY: consider the type of accessibility necessary to render the product most usable.
SENSORY INTERACTION: passive or active, interaction should be kept simple and intuitive.
THERMAL: heat next to the body.
AESTHETIC: form and function of the device should be acceptible by others.
LONG-TERM USE: effects on the body and mind.
MATERIAL: biocompatibility is one of the major issue .
COST EFFECTIVE.

Design for Wearability, Francine Gemperle et.al. Institute for Complex Engineered Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Digest of Papers. Second International Symposium on Wearable
Computers, 1998. IEEE

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Tactile devices
Tactile means to recreate the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, or motions to the user
Majority of the tactile devices that exist are of 2 types:
1.) Braille system for the blind
2.) Haptic devices that add reality to virtual world.

Fig. Augmented reality of skin sensations. A new functional layer of skin composed of a sensor and display acquire and
convert surface information about an object into tactile information for display.
Device capability to sense accurately (Machine learning or ultra slim device)
Dimensions (ergonomical design)
Can it recognize colours?
H. Kajimoto, N. Kawakami, S. Tachi, and M. Inami, Smarttouch: Electric skin to touch the untouchable, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 36 43, 2004

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Conclusion
The field of wearable technology is broad, and the list of applications is limited only by
developers imaginations and undeveloped markets. Much wearable technology as it
exists today resides in the form of sports, activity trackers related medical devices.
Haptic Technology can be used almost every thing we do. The goal behind developing
such technology is to make technology as human as possible, which means to increase
the human power of sensing the environment.
As new technology is invented , old technology will cease to exist, simply put once
wearable's of more functionality are developed, smartphones may no longer exist, or
LED displays will be replaced as holographic displays are developed.
Design focuses on the physical shape of wearables and their active relationship with the
human form, and therefore are based on the study of history, cultures, clothing, costume,
protective wearables, and a variety of carrying devices
To conclude, no matter where the market of the wearable technology ends up, but the
wearable's have started to revolutionize the technology market.
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