The social aspect of Smart Wearable Systems in the era of Internet-of-ThingsC. PETROPOULOS1, A. TALAVARI1, A. FOTOPOULOS2

1. B.SC., COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF PIRAEUS

2. M.SC., INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Introduction

Efforts to research and develop smart wearable systems (SWS) have been increasing in both academia and industry .

Elderly people have a greater level of disability due to age-related diseases, a greater need for care and assistance, and are more likely to be admitted to a hospital or nursing home.

Consumer wearables;smart glasses,smart watches, generally smart devices that make people lives easier and use smartphones as a mean to communicate.

The story so far..

Web 1.0• One way

communication• Mostly static

html pages

Web 2.0• Two way

communication• Data flow

between users and website

• Example:Facebook,Google+

Web 3.0• Not only humans

but also machines will interact with each other.

• Internet of Things and machine to machine communications

New possibilities lead to new products

Cloud Computing

Miniaturization of sensors

Low energy wireless technologies

adequate possibilities to measure and understand environmental, health, industrial and other indicators, delivered in smart devices or in the web.

“The network formed by things/objects having identities, virtual personalities operating in smart spaces using intelligent interfaces

to connect and communicate with the users, social and environmental contexts.”

The elation of cloud computing

The worldwide cloud computing market will grow at a 36% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2016, reaching a market size of $19.5B by 2016.

38% of enterprises surveyed break out cloud computing budgets, while 60% include cloud-related spending as part of their enterprise-wide IT budgets.

The median enterprise cloud computing budget is $675,000 and the mean enterprise cloud computing budget is $8,234,438.  The study found the largest enterprise cloud computing budget at $125M.

Enterprise Cloud Computing Poised for Explosive Growth During Next Two Years, TheInfoPro,2013

Low EnergyWireless Technologies

Bluetooth Smart,

ANT

ANT+

RF4CE

ZigBee

Wi-Fi

Nike+

IrDA

NFC

Z-wave

The Miniaturization of Sensors

Recent technological advances in integration and miniaturization

of sensors, embedded microcontrollers, and radio interfaces on a single chip and in wireless networks have led to a new generation for Internet of Things combined with Healthcare.

Smart wearable systems: Current status and future challenges, Marie Chan,2012

Ubiquitous computing

The ubiquitous computing (presumed as Web 3.0) states that computing will appear in any device and in any location.

Smart devices and sensors communicate

Sensors and smart devices are now one.

Smart Wearable Devices

Smart Wearable Devices

Fin Ring

Fin Ring

Smart Glasses

Smart Wearable Devices

Wearable devices, social aspects and relations

Wireless wearable devices that connect an elderly person to formal or informal caregivers or a call centre, have psychological effects on patients.

Informational privacy is connected with the confidentiality of patient data, which means that this aspect is going to take on increasing importance in the future with the on-going growth of data processing.

System efficiency, reliability, and unobtrusiveness: These are essential for the widespread use of devices and technologies. Wearable systems and devices must have efficient software and hardware and be unobtrusive

[Research on social relations cognitive model of mobile nodes in Internet of Things Jian An ,2013]

Wearable devices, social aspects and relations

User needs and privacy: At times, there is tension between assistance and autonomy, or privacy and independence that characterizes the individual’s judgment in using telehealth technology

Interoperability: As health care develops from an organization centred via service-centred towards an individual-centred system, information systems involved must be semantically interoperable, process-related, decision-supportive, contextsensitive, user-oriented, and trustworthy

Technological capabilities of wearable systems: They must meet healthcare professionals and end-users requirements in disease management and general remote Health Management.

[Research on social relations cognitive model of mobile nodes in Internet of Things Jian An ,2013]

Risks

As more devices enter the realm of the IoT,

data attacks aimed at the diversity of new

Internet-connected endpoints will inevitably

become more common.

The Internet-connected devices installed on various objects, such as cars and home appliances,can be used for unlawful surveillance

or intrusion into private life

Another threat that must be taken into

consideration is the data privacy risks

posed by those devices.

[The Internet of Things:do more devices mean more risks?, Mark O’Neill,,2014]

Predictions

In 2018:• 18 million wearable

devices• 16 million IoT

devices• Exceeding tablets

and smartphones

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