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A platform for wearable physiological computing
A platform for wearable physiological computing
Teller, A.
Abstract
As computers emerge, from the desktop and palm top, into everyday life, and on to our bodies
there are opportunities to aggregate and present data and to realize and envision applications that
have never before been possible. Tracking the physiological state of individuals, at resolutions
measured in thousandths of a second instead of in visits per year, now makes it possible to ascertain
caloric intake and expenditure, patterns of sleep, contextual activities such as working-out and
driving, even parameters of mental state and health. An award wining multi-channel wearable
physiological sensor has enabled the collection of data in natural settings from thousands of subjects
engaged in diverse activities. The resulting corpus of physiological data from 4 years of aggregation
has yielded over 30 million minutes of physiological data. Data modeling efforts are resulting in
applications that enable real-time presentation of meaningful and actionable information to users and
their designated collaborators (physicians, family members, counselors, coaches, etc.) The
SenseWear system, its design and a summery of the experimental results and ongoing research
initiatives will be presented. This discussion will show how the design and research efforts of
ubiquitous, pervasive, and collaborative computing are converging to manifest the future of
computing as: wearable, personal, and sympathetic.
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