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OPLIN 4cast #517: Wearables beyond your wrist
November 23rd, 2016

[image: Heart rate monitor smart watch for sport. Athlete wearing heart
rate monitor. Runner using sports smartwatch on running workout outside.
Female athlete tracking activities using wearable technology.] When one
thinks "wearables," one might think primarily of devices such as a FitBit
or perhaps of the much-maligned Google Glass. But this market is rapidly
expanding to include inventions that are not only going beyond the wrist
and face, but are pushing the boundaries of what personal tech can do (and
not just for you...pets are getting in on wearables, too). Smart shirts,
interactive clothing and wearable robots are just the beginning.
- U.S. backs research into smart shirts for emergency responders
<http://readwrite.com/2016/11/02/u-s-backs-research-smart-shirts-emergency-responders-dl4>
[ReadWrite] "The project will extend the current functionality of
Hexoskin’s smart shirt that monitors the health of the wearer. This
connected clothing is unique in that it uses sensors to track cardiac and
respiration rates without requiring the user to wear equipment on the head
or face."
- What will the wearables of the future look like?
<http://readwrite.com/2016/10/25/future-wearable-trends-will-wear-future>
[ReadWrite] "These wearables provide similar functionality to fitness
trackers, showing the pet’s health, wellbeing, and activity. For pet owners
with a busy schedule, it gives them a way to check in throughout the day."
- Tiny wearable robots drive around your body, are extra pair of hands
<http://mashable.com/2016/10/26/robot-minions> [Mashable] "But what if
countless, fingernail-sized robots can assemble on your arm to form video
screens and disassemble to check your vitals and tap you on your shoulder
when you get an alert? That is the future 'Rovables' are anticipating, a
future where robots are both ubiquitous and autonomous and sync almost
naturally with their surroundings. "
- Interactive clothing via dynamic projection mapping
<http://boingboing.net/2016/10/20/interactive-clothing-via-dynam.html>
[BoingBoing]
"Technically, cloth is a 'deforming non-rigid surface,' so projecting a
stable image onto clothes is a big technological challenge. To solve it,
Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory combined two new techniques that allow stable
projection of an image onto clothes
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bh1MHuA5jU> even as they move."

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - GreatCall Launches First Wearable Device That Connects Activity
   Tracking With Nationwide Mobile Safety Service for Active Aging
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=B2IDMKE1237404>.
   (Marketwired, Marketwire [English], 01/06/2016)
   - Voyce is the Wellness Monitor for Dogs that Makes Wearables Vividly
   Relevant
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=108587266&site=ehost-live>.
   (Macworld - Digital Edition. Jul2015, Vol. 32 Issue 7, p66-75. 10p.)
   - Physical Therapy and the Internet of Things
   <http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmh&AN=117777141>
   (PT in Motion. Sep2016, Vol. 8 Issue 8, p14-20. 6p)

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