1. Continuous and reliable electrode/skin contact during movement ; 2. Accurate placement of electrodes over muscle sites during use and from day to (lay; 3. Si tplicity of unaided donning and doffing; 4. C~ cifort during prolonged wearing periods; of maintaining cleanliness; 6. 1 lability (so far, 3 mo of use) ; and 7. Inexpensiveness (cost is less than $20 for T-shirt and electrode assemblies...

Smart Ophthalmics extends ophthalmic healthcare to people who operate/live in austere environments (e.g., military, third world, natural disaster), or are geographically dispersed (e.g., rural populations), where time, cost, and the possibility of travel/transportation make access to even adequate medical care difficult, if at all possible. Operators attach optical devices that act as ophthalmi...

"Dare to Say No to Drugs." How many times have you seen the familiar black tee shirt with the red logo on our elementary school kids? I've always smiled as I thought, "I'm so glad to see that we're about educating our kids about drugs at this crucial age." Now I shake my head in disbelief and wonder at the irony as I read the recent chilling report in the Journal of the American Medical Associa...

Smart medical interfaces have the potential to address the unique health needs of each individual user. However, they must be carefully designed and tested to provide a supportive and non-stressful experience for users who are ill or overloaded. This paper documents a design methodology used to develop such an application, describing issues that can be encountered during the development process...

The IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard has been identified as a potential candidate to be used in smart home medical care. This undergraduate research project evaluates the performance of IEEE 802.15.4 under interference from other wireless devices that operate in the same frequency band. Specifically, we focus on two very common wireless interfering systems in typical home environments: IEEE 802....

This paper summarizes the panel discussion at AMCIS 2006 on the evolution and trends in mobile wireless services and technology. The panelists included information systems faculty members from the United States and Mexico. The covered topics included wireless fundamentals, wireless technologies, applications and value chain evolution, wearable computing, wireless mobile issues including privacy...