as individuals with long-term disabilities and other older adults face declines in health and function, there is a greater need for assistive technology (at) or assistive devices and environmental interventions (ei) to help them maintain their independence and community participation. these aids can help older adults and individuals with disabilities function in work, home, recreational, and ot...

Video as an input device1 is becoming a viable method for information products because of its lower cost along with increasing power of computer processor. Its supporting humancomputer communication is evident. (Mann, 1996) used video-cam as the input device of a wearable computer system has reported that video becomes a "visual memory prosthetic", a perception enhancer, allowing one to remembe...

As a result of advances in computer vision, mapping, and controls, wearable technology for visually-impaired individuals has become a growing space of research within Assistive Technology. A team at the MIT Energy E cient Circuits Group has made an important stride forward by presenting a wearable navigation prototype in a fully integrated hardware form factor, but one of biggest barriers to us...

Next generation wearable devices such as Smart health monitoring device and Smart Sousveillance hat, are capable of using wearable sensors for measuring physiological information, sousveillanace, navigation, as well as smart device to smart device communications. Smart health monitoring device collect and observe different health related information deploying biosensors and can predict health p...

Falls can cause serious traumas such as brain injuries and bone fractures, especially among elderly people. Fear of falling might reduce physical activities resulting in declining social interactions and eventually causing depression. To lessen the effects of a fall, timely delivery of medical treatment can play a vital role. In a similar scenario, an IoT-based wearable system can pave the most...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of automated detection of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) using a wearable surface EMG device. METHODS We prospectively tested the technical performance and diagnostic accuracy of real-time seizure detection using a wearable surface EMG device. The seizure detection algorithm and the cutoff values were prespecified. A total of 71 patients, referred...

There has been increasing interest in the application of artificial intelligence technologies to improve quality support services healthcare. Some constraints, such as space, infrastructure, and environmental conditions, present challenges with assistive devices for humans. This paper proposed a wearable-based real-time human activity recognition system monitor daily activities. The classificat...

In the last decades, wearable powered orthoses have been developed with the aim of augmenting or assisting motor activities. In particular, among many applications, wearable powered orthoses have been also introduced in the state of the art with the goal of providing lower-limb movement assistance in locomotion-related tasks (e.g.: walking, ascending/descending stairs) in scenarios of activitie...

Tools have been used for millions of years to augment the capabilities of the human body, allowing us to accomplish tasks that would otherwise be difficult or impossible. Powered exoskeletons and other assistive devices are sophisticated modern tools that have restored bipedal locomotion in individuals with paraplegia and have endowed unimpaired individuals with superhuman strength. Despite the...

Wearable devices are transforming computing and the human-computer interaction and they are a primary means for motion recognition of reflexive systems. We review basic wearable deployments and their open wireless communications. An algorithm that uses accelerometer data to provide a control and communication signal is described. Challenges in the further deployment of wearable device in the fi...