WearIT@work: Toward Real-World Industrial Wearable Computing

Wearable computers are often cited as an enabling technology for out-of-office applications. In fact, there has been a considerable amount of work on industrial applications of wearables. However, with the notable exception of the symbol arm-worn system, this research has had little impact on indust...

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Published inIEEE pervasive computing Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 8 - 13
Main Authors Lukowicz, P., Timm-Giel, A., Lawo, M., Herzog, O.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.10.2007
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Assembly
Calibration
Computer industry
Intelligent sensors
Packaging
Sensor systems
Testing
User interfaces
wearable
wearable computer
Wearable computers
wearable computing
Wearable sensors
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Summary:Wearable computers are often cited as an enabling technology for out-of-office applications. In fact, there has been a considerable amount of work on industrial applications of wearables. However, with the notable exception of the symbol arm-worn system, this research has had little impact on industrial practice. The wearIT@work project is a 4 1/2-year effort financed by the European Union and aimed at facilitating real-life industrial deployment of wearable technology. The project is at the end of its third year. With 42 partners and a project funding of 23.7 million Euro (half of which comes from the EU), this consortium is the largest civilian wearable-computing effort worldwide. We are organizing the project around four pilot applications - aircraft maintenance, car production, healthcare, and emergency response - that drive the work in a bottom-up, user-centered approach.
ISSN:1536-1268
1558-2590
DOI:10.1109/MPRV.2007.89