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By using devices carried on the body, wearable computers allow the exploration of the principles of pervasive computing immediately instead of waiting for the deployment of the ubiquitous infrastructure often associated with the field. However, wearable computers are often misunderstood, both in their research and application. I've been wearing a c...
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... employee accumulates the customer's order from the warehouse's shelves and ships it. This audio-only interface also frees the employee to manipulate pack- ages with both hands, whereas a pen- based system would be considerably more awkward (see Figure 2). As of December 2000, Vocollect had approx- imately 15,000 users and revenues between US $10 and $25 million. ...
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... Additionally, when it comes to AR wearable devices, it's important to consider the ergonomic conditions and understand if it is comfortable and safe for workers that will use it during the working day [71]. WWD and AAR enable a hands-free operation that allows the employee to relieve the physical workload and manipulate the packages with both hands [72]. ...
The last few years have seen a massive transformation of the global industrial landscape, thanks to the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the disruptive technologies it enables, such as Augmented Reality (AR). This paper presents the result of a project with the primary focus on enhancing the operators’ working conditions and the further definition of the most suitable AR for each material handling and motion process. To achieve this, a methodology called Risk Assessment for Ergonomics and Safety in Logistics (RAES-Log) was developed in order to analyse and define AR implementation requirements, in order to mitigate existing risks and improve ergonomic conditions. Utilizing a human-centric approach consistent with Lean Thinking and Industry 5.0 vision, the main aim was to reduce human effort during task performance. Furthermore, the potential for creating waste-free and more efficient workspaces was explored, as well as the possibility of Human Augmentation (HA) to enhance workers’ capabilities and senses. The workers’ opinions and acceptance of the proposed AR solutions resulting from the RAES-Log methodology in a case study were collected and analysed. The overall feedback was positive and it is expected a lower prevalence of work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD), less lost time days, and lower injury severity, as well as increased process efficiency, operator motivation, well-being and engagement in continuous improvement processes.
... E-Textiles include designs of programmable garments, accessories, and costumes, which incorporate elements of circuitry, embedded computing, and novel materials such as conductive fibers, Velcro, sensors for light, touch, or sound, and actuators such as LEDs or speakers (Buechley, 2006). Though electronics and textiles have long been integrated in various forms through innovations in materials such as armor and metal-wrapped threads (Peppler & Glosson, 2013b), e-textiles as we know them today began to take hold in the mid-1990s when researchers from MIT developed wearable computers, which allowed for hardware to be more closely integrated with the human body (Starner, 2002). Naturally, because clothes are universally worn on human bodies, the integration of electronics with textiles afforded a more seamless synthesis between computers and bodies (Etechtex, 2017). ...
Establishing what constitutes creativity in a domain is something for which we often look to experts—individuals versed in a domain’s history and able to identify timeworn ideas from fresh ones. Such valuations of creative merit are tied to a familiarity with past and present trends and, therefore, opinions of newcomers are often ignored. However, what about domains that build upon new, unexplored practices? This study examines the creativity ratings of judges with varying expertise in the emergent domain of electronic textiles (or e-textiles). E-textiles are fabrics that have programmable electronics such as sensors and actuators embedded in them toward a variety of expressive and functional ends. Judges included domain pioneers (“experts”), individuals with over 20 hr of nonprofessional experience in the domain (“quasi-experts”), and individuals untrained in the domain (“novices”). Each group evaluated the creativity of e-textile artifacts from an online gallery using the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT). Our analyses found high interjudge reliability within all groups and between quasi-experts and experts, suggesting that quasi-experts could be sufficiently trained to judge the creativity of artifacts on par with experts. Furthermore, larger panels of novice judges may serve as an alternative, but it would be with the caveat that novice scores represent the opinions of general audiences that might not understand technical practices of e-textiles. Findings offer alternative considerations for how creativity is assessed in emergent, technology-rich domains and have implications for judge recruitment.
... The technologies reviewed in this chapter are commonly referred to as "ubiquitous computers" (Weiser, 1991), "wearable computers" (Starner, 2001(Starner, , 2002, the Internet of Things, and collectively as "telemetrics" (Goodwin et al., 2008). The commonality among them is their discreet size or form factor, capability of measuring data wirelessly, and ability to produce and transmit synchronized, time-stamped datasets to remote locations for viewing and analysis. ...
This book provides an in-depth review of the historical and state-of-the-art use of technology by and for individuals with autism. The design, development, deployment, and evaluation of interactive technologies for use by and with individuals with autism have been rapidly increasing over the last few decades. There is great promise for the use of these technologies to enrich lives, improve the experience of interventions, help with learning, facilitate communication, support data collection, and promote understanding. Emerging technologies in this area also have the potential to enhance assessment and diagnosis of autism, to understand the nature and lived experience of autism, and to help researchers conduct basic and applied research.
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... Solutions with scales below each container are proposed in KBS (2018a). Audio systems that guide the operator are described in Starner (2002). As an alternative or extension, camera-based systems can provide important feedback to the operator in case of a wrongly picked item (KBS, 2018b). ...
In this paper a localization system of a passive 3-D coil is
proposed and signal uncertainties due to the 3-D coil's arbitrary orientation
are analyzed. The 3-D coil is excited by an alternating primary magnetic
field. Geometrically distributed pick-up coils measure the 3-D coil's
secondary field. By means of a simulated look-up table that assigns expected
voltages from the pick-up coils to the positions of the 3-D coil, the
position of the 3-D coil is deduced by a least-squares approach. A basic
assumption is that the secondary field is invariant to the orientation of the
3-D coil. This allows a reduction of the computational effort for the look-up
table generation and the table search during the localization phase since for
each position the field distribution for only one orientation has to be
calculated. However, the assumption of invariance to rotation is only valid
for a dipole model. In this paper we investigate the localization error
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... The widespread diffusion of mobile and wearable technologies, along with the pervasive availability of the Internet, makes it possible to conceive a wide range of distributed, location-and context-aware applications where the actual users' position in the physical space is essential for the system [3,9,19,18]. ...
The lack of a suitable toolchain for programming the interaction space with coordination languages hinders their adoption in the industry, and limits their application as core calculus, proof-of-concept frameworks, or rapid prototyping/simulation environments. In this paper we present the \(\texttt {ReSpecT}\mathbb {X}\) language and toolchain as a first step toward closing the gap, by equipping a core coordination language (ReSpecT) with tools and features commonly found in mainstream programming languages, improving likelihood of adoption in real-world scenarios.
... The widespread diffusion of mobile and wearable technologies, along with the pervasive availability of the Internet, makes it possible to conceive a wide range of distributed, location-and context-aware applications where the actual users' position in the physical space is essential for the system [3,9,19,18]. ...
We introduce Spatial Tuples, an extension of the basic tuplebased model for distributed multi-agent system coordination where (i) tuples are conceptually placed in the physical world and possibly move, (ii) the behaviour of coordination primitives may depend on the spatial properties of the coordinating agents, and (iii) the tuple space can be conceived as a virtual layer augmenting physical reality. Motivated by the needs of mobile augmented-reality applications, Spatial Tuples explicitly aims at supporting space-aware and space-based coordination in agent-based pervasive computing scenarios.
... [6] Für Starner sind Wearables dafür die wohl unkomplizierteste Umsetzung, da hier keine immense Infrastruktur (wie z. B. beim Smart Home) aufgebaut werden muss, sondern einzelne Geräte quasi unsichtbar als Kleidungsstück mit getragen werden können [7]. Wearables sind zudem im Kontext der Verschmelzung von Mensch und Maschine zum Cyborg zu betrachten: Der Mensch soll nicht (nur) die Umgebung mithilfe von Technik seinen Ansprüchen anpassen, sondern Technik auch dazu nutzen, den eigenen Körper als kybernetischen Organismus [8] auf externe Einflüsse einzustellen. ...
... Seit dem Aufkommen der Wearable-Technologie wird sie als nächste große Innovation gehandelt. Starner schrieb bereits 2002: "Market forecasters predict that some form of wearable computing will become pervasive in the next serval years" [7]. Ein Blick in aktuelle Technikentwicklungen, Markanalysen und Prognosen [15,16] zeichnet ein ähnlich optimistisches Bild, dass sich die Technologie diesmal auch wirklich in den nächsten Jahren durchsetzt. ...
Wearables sind kleine, am Körper getragene Computer, die, verbaut in Kleidung oder Accessoires, mitlaufen, ohne aktiv bedient werden zu müssen. Mit diesem Paradigmenwechsel, der den Computer in den Hintergrund und den Nutzer in den Fokus rückt, stellt die Wearable-Technologie eine technische Innovation dar, deren gesellschaftliche Auswirkungen jedoch noch ungewiss sind. Mittels Szenariotechnik wurden zwei explorative Extremszenarien gebildet, die polarisiert aufzeigen, durch welche Schlüsselfaktoren die Nutzung der Technologie dem Menschen mehr bzw. weniger Autonomie bringt. Es zeigt sich, dass die gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen auf das Individuum davon abhängig sind, wer über die Nutzung, Gestaltung und Datenhoheit bestimmt.
... Fremkomsten af baerbare eller direkte "iklaedbare" teknologier (eng. wearables) gør det muligt for brugere at kommunikere og interagere med omverdenen via medier, der enten baeres på eller er faestnet til brugerens krop (Toh 2014, Mann 2006, 2012, Starner 2002. Vores relation til de interaktive digitale medier bliver på en gang mere intim og mindre synlig. ...
Volume 11 212 Thessa Jensen PhD, Associate Professor, InDiMedia, Aalborg University. Jensen's research revolves around the ethics of Knud E. Løg-strup; and especially how design can support or constrain participation , co-creation, and generate content, as well as establish and develop relationships between the participants in fandom and social media. Abstract The key interest of this article is the concept of domestication as a central framework for both sociological and ethnographic media studies. Domestication translates into that process through which both new informations and communication technologies, interactive digital media and wearable devices are " fitted " or " knitted " into the fabric of everyday domestic life. The purpose of the article is to investigate if changes in the media technologies have any impact on the analytical framework of domestication: Does the notion of do-mestication still offer a meaningful account for the use of mobile media such as iPods, iPads and iPhones, and the flows of applications and content? The theoretical context of the article consists of the Brit-ish tradition of media and information technology studies (Silverstone & Hirsch 1992, Berker et al. 2006) and the American everyday life studies of mobile telephones (Ling 2004, Ling 2008). In relation to this journal's theme on Leisure the article assumes that domestication is both a process that happens in the context of the domestic sphere and as such is a central part of the structural dimension of doing lei
... The computer will be integrated into other devices and the user will not be aware of their existence rather than by the functions offered. This seems to mean the disappearance of the explicit user interface and the development of a new implicit interface, focused on concrete tasks, more intelligent, and able to communicate with other elements (Starner, 2002). Is not about the physical machine anymore, we are getting away from the desktop, interaction styles are different. ...
Experts predict that the computer, at least as we know it today, will disappear in no time. The computer will be integrated into other devices and the user will not be aware of their existence rather than by the functions offered. This seems to mean the disappearance of the explicit user interface and the development of a new implicit interface, focused on concrete tasks, more intelligent, and able to communicate with other elements. Is not about the physical machine anymore, we are getting away from the desktop, interaction styles are different. In a couple of years we might not be conscious of computers are around.
... The 1990s saw another leap forward in the advancement of textile-electronic interaction, led by two different research groups at MIT. One team, led by researchers Steve Mann, Thad Starner, and Sandy Pentland, coined the term " wearable computers, " which referred to traditional computer hardware that could attach to and be carried on the body (Starner, 2002). A second team, led by Maggie Orth, integrated far-reaching perspectives ranging from medical applications to toy design to fashion to car manufacturing into the exploration of how computationally enhanced electronics could be gracefully integrated into clothing and made relevant across industry verticals (Post & Orth, 1997; Orth, Post, & Cooper, 1998; Post et al., 2000). ...
The recent emergence of digital creativity that extends beyond the screen and into the physical world, engendering new forms of creative production, has transformed educational and professional fields. From AT&T's bio-tracking clothing to Lady Gaga's smart-hydraulic "Living Dress," e-textiles infuse fashion with electronics to produce unique and aesthetic effects using new conductive materials, including thread, yarn, paint, and fabrics woven from copper, silver, or other highly conductive fibers. This chapter outlines both the educational and societal implications of these new materials in the field of e-textile creation like consumer-ready e-textile toolkits, high-profile displays of imaginative e-textile creations and an increasing body of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) literature on e-textile design that have emerged in the past decade. It also looks at ways in which e-textiles are transforming new solutions to old and persistent problems of underrepresentation of women and minorities in STEM fields and providing a vehicle in which to rethink teaching and learning in these disciplines. © 2016, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.
