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SIT UP STRAIGHT! HOW WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY CAN SUPPORT HEALTHY LIVING

Janna C. Kimel

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Outline• My background• Motivation, healthcare and why should I care?• Wearable tech 101• Product Landscape

• On the market• Research projects

• Sample projects-show and tell

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MOTIVATION, HEALTHCARE AND WHY SHOULD I CARE?

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Why health?

Personal/Philosophical

• The body is with us always

• Merleau-Ponty, Husserl– Internal and external work

in unison– Body as mediator – Interactions make world

more meaningful

Clinical

• Skyrocketing cost of healthcare

• Quality of life• Longitudinal access to

health information

We inhabit our bodies and they in turn inhabit the world with seamless connections back and forth. - Dourish, 2001

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Personal-What motivates us?

•There are very powerful forces that motivate us to do things (for better and for worse) that seem almost transparent to us

•As designers, by being aware of these forces, you can use them to design products, services and experiences that have a positive impact on people’s lives

•Assist with creating internal motivation – create the desire for people to “do the right thing”

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Psychology of motivation

Survival Belonging Fun Freedom Power

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Quantified self• When?• Where?• What?• How many• Am I better than….

• How does this week compare to last?

• How do I get to my goal?

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Clinical-What insights can we gain?

•Holter monitor being used since the 1960s

•Unobtrusive access to an individual’s daily life

•Wearable products that are constantly present eliminate excuses

•Prompt responses to emergency situations

Drmiri.com

A new generation of wearable sensors and systems has recently become available thus providing clinical personnel with a window of observation in the home and community settings.– Bonato, 2011

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•Become more and more integrated with technology and life

•Ready to hand - where did I put that phone? (Heidigger)

•Flexibility and potential ease-of-use

Why wearable?

It is desirable to weave the necessary sensors into forms with which people are naturally in contact. - Picard, 1997

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WEARABLE TECH 101

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The basics• Arduino• Conductive thread• Sewable LEDs, sensors, EL strips, etc.• Hand sewing or sewing machine• Plot it out!• Electronic ink

Adafruit.comArduino.ccPopsci.com Kitronik.co.uk

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An ever-changing landscape• Flexible batteries• Electronics that can withstand extreme strain • Electronics that can bend, wrap and stretch into new form factors

• Embedding electronics into paper, fabric, latex• Increased durability and wash-ability

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PRODUCT LANDSCAPE

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This…not that

shanesalta.com

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Wearable, wireless revenue to surpass $6B by 2016

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What’s the hold up?• Disparate manufacturing processes – electronics and apparel

• Durability• Power

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Geek to Chic

Percom.org

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The future is here…sort of

Stridelite.com

engadget.com

amazon.com

thinkgeek.com

Shop.cutecircuit.com

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Health applications• Track and transmit vital signs• Glucose monitors• Wellness• Sleep sensors• Activity monitors (think FitBit, Fuelband, miCoach)• Heart rate monitors• Adaptive technology (deaf, blind, neuromuscular)

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Born to run

Pocket-lint.com

Bodymedia.com

News.cnet.comdesignbuzz.com

designbuzz.com

designbuzz.com

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Data hungry

Diabeteshealth.com

Gizmowatch.com

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Gold-medal performance

psfk.com

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Blind leading the blind

Gizmag.com 2011

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Communication assist

© Halley Profita, Nicholas Farrow, Nikolaus Correll/CU Boulder

Enabletalk.com

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Biometrics

electricfoxy.com

Kickstarter.com

Telegraph.co.uk

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Stretching into technology

Todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com

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Sit up straight

Lucy Dunne Pcworld.com

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I second that emotion

electricfoxy.com

Johnfenzel.typepad.com

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Wearable tech should be…

Electricfoxy.com

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SHOW AND TELL

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Competitive landscape

Knee brace with electrorheological fluid www.robots.neu.edu

Digital goniometerwww.adinstruments.c

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Turn signal jacket

http://web.media.mit.edu/~leah/LilyPad/build/turn_signal_jacket.html

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Putting it together

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I want to get started!• Buy stuff

• Sparkfun.com• Arduino.cc

• Learn stuff• Lbruning.com• Instructables.com• Make magazine

• Get Inspired• Electricfoxy.com• Talk2myshirt.com

• Talk to real people• Dorkbotpdx.org• Meetup.com/PDX-Quantified-Self• Maker faire – NYC and San Francisco

• Now in PDX! Sept 15-16 at OMSI

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Thanks!