Principal Investigator Dr. Daniel Roggen, ETHZ Dr. Dennis Majoe, ETHZ
In this project we develop an educational kit to support hands-on teaching of wearable computing and the rapid prototyping and demonstration of simple context aware wearable computing systems. This kit is composed of hardware, software and algorithmic bricks that can be interfaced in a simple way using “plug-and-play” principles at the hardware and software level. Applications and demonstrations can be programmed using a dedicated development environment tailored for context-aware wearable computing applications.
“ Wearable computing: it’s about experiencing it!”
Dr. Daniel Roggen, ETHZ
EducationalKit
Education kit for wearable computing
SWISS SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVE FOR ENGINEERING COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTH, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT
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From a technical and scientific viewpoint, wearable computing is approaching a maturity level where it can leave universities and enter the realm of industrial and consumer applications. In order to keep a competitive advantage, it is important to educate future engineers in this new technology. In the same way, university students choosing an academic career need to think about the science behind next generation wearable systems. In a broader sense, there is a need to make wearable computing more mainstream, outside of academic and engineering circles, in order to enable deployment of wearable computing driven by application scenarios.
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EducationalKit