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The document discusses advancements in wearable computing, specifically focusing on wearable prosthetics and smart clothing. Wearable prosthetics are designed to mimic human limbs and provide tactile feedback, enhancing the user experience for amputees. Smart clothing integrates health monitoring features, such as smart socks that track various metrics and can assist in analyzing health conditions like Parkinson's disease.

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The document discusses advancements in wearable computing, specifically focusing on wearable prosthetics and smart clothing. Wearable prosthetics are designed to mimic human limbs and provide tactile feedback, enhancing the user experience for amputees. Smart clothing integrates health monitoring features, such as smart socks that track various metrics and can assist in analyzing health conditions like Parkinson's disease.

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https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-o
f-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/wearable-computing

23.4 Concrete examples of wearable computing


23.4.4 Example 4: Wearable prosthetics
Technology has had its impact on a lot of fields of life and health care is
not an exception. Most smart devices in the field have a nature of
monitoring, collecting, and analysing information of a person - like heart
rate or sugar level. However, there are also examples of wearable
computing when it comes to prosthetics.

Lange, H. (2022, 15. Mai). Innovative myo-prosthesis – new for the upper arm. GHA - German
Health Alliance. https://gha.health/en/innovative-myo-prosthesis-new-for-the-upper-arm/

Figure 23.10: using a prosthetic upper limb to navigate a phone.


One of the main purposes is to make the prosthetics as similar to a
human body as possible, for example by helping people feel touch. Since
the bionic transplant is a limited option for amputees (due to donor
requirements as well as surgical complexity and immune suppression),
artificial prosthetic devices can perform similar to a biological system by
adding a tactile sensor element to it.
Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch. (2022a, März 17). IEEE Spectrum.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-hand-simulates-touch

Figure 23.11: holding a small object using a tactile sensor element.


Tactile feedback helps upper limb amputees with object shape, texture
identification, firm grasping, slip detection. On the other hand, lower
limb prosthesis uses haptic feedback for gait and balance control, to
reduce joint problems as well as to eliminate fear of falls.

Ingenia - Intelligent prosthetics. (o. D.).


https://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issue-68/intelligent-prosthetics

Figure 23.12: balancing on a prosthetic lower limb.


Earlier artificial tactile systems for prosthetic devices were based on
silicon and were restricted. However, modern prosthetic devices have
been designed to meet the structure, shape, size, weight, and functions of
natural human limbs. The development of stretchable, wearable, and
sensitive tactile sensor system would improve the overall experience.

23.4.5 Example 5: Smart clothing

The 7 Best Smart Clothes of 2022. (2022, 3. Januar). Lifewire.


https://www.lifewire.com/best-smart-clothes-4176104

Figure 23.13: smart jacket by Levi’s and Google, which connects to a


mobile device by Bluetooth and can be used to control music, screen
phone calls or get directions.
Smart clothes can also be a part of IT in health care. Although there are a
lot of examples of clothes and accessories being able to be connected to
smart phones and providing extra features, there are no less examples of
smart clothes that have health monitoring as their goal.
Smart sock v2.0 & Sensoria Core. (o. D.). SensoriaFitness.
https://store.sensoriafitness.com/smart-sock-v2-0-sensoria-core/

Figure 23.14: smart socks by Sensoria® that not only accurately monitor
the amount of steps, speed, calories and distance, but also track cadence,
foot landing technique and the impact score generated as you walk and
run.

Smart Triboelectric Socks for Enabling Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) Based Smart Home
and Healthcare. (2020, 1. Januar). IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9056149?casa_token=QyX9WSEoJC8AAAAA:AkT-t
cJ6we-jKV2X_OLqkpc3JKr0qPlmPV4N-uh7JxsBhqrFB1nDlxIrKDVWAPHZlsHA1t8NKyc

Figure 23.15: (a) Schematics of the smart triboelectric socks. (b)


Fabrication process of the smart triboelectric socks, showing the
enlarged view of TENG textile. (c) Outputs of the smart socks under
walking with shoes and without shoes.
The recent advances of foot related wearable sensors are mainly realized
by using insoles or shoes. However, the sock can still be functionable for
scenarios, were shoes are not needed (indoor).
The proposed socks are composed of two layers of conductive textiles
covered with two electrification materials and include the silicone rubber
and the nitrile.
The particular model can distinguish the personalised gait signal
including human activity and identification as well as it can be used as a
power source for energy harvesting. Moreover, the sock can be used to
analyze the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
…

23.10 References
Advanced Materials and Technologies for Touch Sensing in Prosthetic Limbs.
(2021, 1. Juli). IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9402751?casa_token=5tF4zVj
DCxYAAAAA:8OxeWOciPWpFbQHpJN4tmmqf8QwJwzEP7Njkh3mlYwLytH
gr4JWJfqoKkusB3fb3VetKkAeuLZY

LEVI’S® COMMUTER X JACQUARD BY GOOGLE TRUCKER JACKET. (o.


D.). LEVI’S.
https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/sale/mens-sale/outerwear/levis-commuter
-x-jacquard-by-google-trucker-jacket/p/286600000

Smart sock v2.0 & Sensoria Core. (o. D.-b). SensoriaFitness.


https://store.sensoriafitness.com/smart-sock-v2-0-sensoria-core/

Smart Triboelectric Socks for Enabling Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)


Based Smart Home and Healthcare. (2020b, Januar 1). IEEE Conference
Publication | IEEE Xplore.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9056149?casa_token=QyX9W
SEoJC8AAAAA:AkT-tcJ6we-jKV2X_OLqkpc3JKr0qPlmPV4N-uh7JxsBhqrFB
1nDlxIrKDVWAPHZlsHA1t8NKyc

What Are Smart Clothes? (2021, 26. Oktober). Lifewire.


https://www.lifewire.com/what-are-smart-clothes-4176103

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