COLUMN: Letter from the editors
FREE CONTENT FEATURE
Forget about blenders
By Peter Kinnaird, Inbal Talgam-Cohen
Magazine: Winter 2013 | Volume 20, No. 2
"Wearable Computing" refers to embedding sensors and computation devices on the body in a seamless, unobtrusive, and invisible way. Such technology may very well revolutionize the way we live, behave, and interact. Beyond the current commercial applications, extensive research is being done to push the limits of wearable computing. Highlighted in this issue are applications in personal behavior monitoring, health care, and human-computer interaction. From monitoring a runner's performance in the field to using standard smartphone sensors as part of an mHealth project, there are endless opportunities to get dressed in tech.
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DEPARTMENT: Blogs
Security bugs in large software ecosystems
The XRDS blog highlights a range of topics from security and privacy to neuroscience. Selected blog posts, edited for print, will be featured in every issue. Please visit xrds.acm.org/blog to read each post in its entirety. Keeping with our theme of professional development, included is a guest post on how to craft a publishable research paper.
By Dimitris Mitropoulos
The scary reality of identity theft
By Wolfgang Richter
The many stages of writing a paper, and how to close the deal
Originally posted on The Geomblog
By Suresh Venkatasubramanian
SECTION: Features
Quantified performance
A look at how athletic performance can be measured outside of the laboratory.
By Christina Strohrmann, Gerhard Tröster
Fitness trackers
Digital activity sensors are no longer confined to research labs; they're in the wild and they come in lime green. They offer the promise to improve our health and even to affect the ways that we interact with others.
By Andrew Miller
Tracking how we read
Using activity recognition for cognitive tasks can provide new insights about reading and learning habits.
By Kai Kunze
Toward smartphone assisted personal rehabilitation training
When utilizing internal sensors, modern smartphones are inexpensive and powerful wearable devices for sensor data acquisition, processing, and feedback in personal daily health applications.
By Gabriele Spina, Oliver Amft
Capturing human motion one step at a time
The design, construction, and deployment of a pressure-enhanced IMU system that fits in the bottom of your shoe.
By Rolf Adelsberger
mHealth @ UAH
New health care systems that integrate wearable sensors, personal devices, and servers promise to fundamentally change the way health care services are delivered and used.
By Mladen Milosevic, Aleksandar Milenkovic, Emil Jovanov
Airwriting
It may be possible to enable text entry by writing freely in the air, using only the hand as a stylus.
By Christoph Amma, Tanja Schultz
Wearable brain computer interface are we there yet?
Brain computer interfaces are still restricted to the domains of health and research, but we understand what needs to be done and are getting closer to making a commercial wearable EEG system.
By Viswam Nathan
Profile: Ori Inbar
Making augmented reality a reality
By Adrian Scoică
