Wearable devices become more popular and are usually paired with smartphones. In this work, we explore approaches of recognizing human activities using accelerometer data from smartphones and wearable devices. The dataset we use records acceleration signals from four positions that are representable for smartphones and wearable devices. In real world situation, it is more likely that one only t...

BACKGROUND Although many wearable devices for monitoring and tracking physical activity are available to consumers, relatively few research studies have been conducted to determine their efficacy in promoting health. METHODS In this article, data on the use of consumer wearable devices in promoting healthy behaviors are summarized based upon bibliographic searches in PubMed and Psychology and...

Real-time detection of basic physiological parameters such as blood pressure and heart rate is an important target in wearable smart devices for healthcare. Among these, the core body temperature is one of the most important basic medical indicators of fever, insomnia, fatigue, metabolic functionality, and depression. However, traditional wearable temperature sensors are based upon the measurem...

Wearables are a rapidly emerging device categorywithwide-reachinguse scenarios. Thenovel form factors and broad potential of this technology pose new security challenges: devices are typically on and close to a user. Furthermore, while they possess limited input and output channels, they often feature rich sensing, computing and communication capabilities. Due to this novel context, this paper ...

Wearable physical activity trackers are a popular and useful method to collect biometric information at rest and during exercise. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize recent findings of wearable devices for biometric information related to steps, heart rate, and caloric expenditure for several devices that hold a large portion of the market share. Searches were conducted in bo...

Advances in Information & Communication technology (ICT) are bringing new opportunities in the field of interoperable and standard-based systems oriented to ubiquitous environments and wearable devices used for digital homecare patient telemonitoring. This paper introduces a novel open platform for u-Health care. A novel open middleware platform assures interoperability between standard and pro...

”We want to record our entire life by video” is the motivation of this research. Recently developing wearable devices and huge storage devices will make it possible to keep entire life by video. We could capture 70 years of our life, however, the problem is how to handle such a huge data. Automatic summarization based on personal interest should be required. In this paper we propose an approach...

Wearable devices, or “wearables,” bring great benefits but also potential risks that could expose users’ activities without their awareness or consent. In this paper, we report findings from the first large-scale survey conducted to investigate user security and privacy concerns regarding wearables. We surveyed 1,782 Internet users in order to identify risks that are particularly concerning to ...