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" Wearable Computing – An Integrated European Project as an European Challenge "

Dr. Michael BoronowskyTZI - Universität BremenMobile Research [email protected]

MOBILE RESEARCH CENTER

Overview

• Motivation “The basic Ideas of Wearable Computing”

• Introduction “The European Integrated Project wearIT@work – The World biggest Project in the Field of Wearable Computing”

• Analysis “How we made it – From Zero to Hero”


Wearable Computing …

… a dogma to integrate computers into the clothing?



… soon so naturally like our Clothes?



… a new way to use a computer?



… an upcoming huge world wide market!


Information Technology at WorkAn Analogy

E.g.: How will an appropriate car navigation system look like?

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Information Technology at Work An Analogy

E.g.: How will an appropriate car navigation system look like?

• Driver has to concentrate on traffic • Hands are needed do drive• Eyes are needed to look at the street• The right information at the right time is needed -

“Next Street left”• Desktop Paradigm is not appropriate

• How successful will a system be, where the driver has to stop several times to get the information and remember it till the next stop?



E.g.: How will an appropriate system to support a worker look like?

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• Worker has to concentrate on work • Hands are needed e.g. to assemble• Eyes are needed to look at the working environment• The right information at the right time is needed -

“Next screw 30 NM”• Desktop paradigm is not appropriate

E.g.: How will an appropriate system to support a worker look like?

• How successful will a system be, where the worker has to stop several times to get the information and remember it till the next stop?


Information Technology at WorkWearable Computing

Display in the field of vision

Computer – worn at the body

Hands free

Wireless communication

Facts and Figures of the EU Integrated Project wearIT@work

Managed by the TZI within the Mobile Research Center Bremen

Consortium: 36 partners from 14 European countries Size: (12 > 5000, 3 < 5000, 15 SME, 6 Government)

Duration of 4,5 years 170 person years of total effort

(start by June 2004) 24 M€ overall budget,

14,5 M€ funded by European Union

The Consortium (Selected Partners)

http://www.infoconsult.nu/

The Application Pilot ScenariosLiving Lab MethodologyFirefighter Assistant Paris Fire Brigade

– Increase of safety– Effective coordination– Communication– Augmentation of human senses

Production P.A.Skoda

– Permanent access to production andprocess information for – plant management – service staff – assembly worker

– Aggregate information– Integration of different and

heterogeneous information sources– Training of assembly workers

Maintenance Supporter EADS

– Inspection– Service and Repair– Smart Wearable Manuals

– context sensitive – adaptive– authoring– gathering information

Clinical Pathwaygespag

– Coordinatethe medical staff on a ward

– Access the controls of a medical device during an examination

– Present process related data to the physician

Examples: Fire FightingHelmet-integrated dedicated sensors

Head-Up Display(LCD or see-through technology)

Optimised Speech Acquisition(throat or bone microphones,…)

Emergency Signalling

Arm-mounted Display

Glove-integrated Sensors(accelerometers for MMI,…)

Sensors for toxic substances identification

Example: Car Production

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Healthcare demonstrator

How we Made itGeneral Thoughts

• TZI was not so experienced on the EU level – even newcomers are able to be successful with huge initiatives

• We believed in the upcoming economical importance of the wearable computing paradigm

• The instrument of Integrated Projects seemed suitable to overcome barriers that hindering the practical application of wearable computing

• We knew the challenges of coordinating an IP in this field – For Europe – Global technological leadership (and support to reach the

Lisbon goals)– For Bremen – to support the “Mobile City Bremen” strategy– For us – to become one of the world leaders in the field of applied

wearable computing

How we made itPreparing the Proposal

• Because of the importance, preparations were very serious – Nearly 2 years continuous work– Intensive partner selection in 4 preparatory workshops and a own call for

contribution• Approx. 80 organisations showed their interest to participate in the project

• We promoted the idea of the project in clear, understandable terms– Raise interest of industries, local government and EC– Presentations on several open information days of the EC and IST-

conferences• Good scientists are not generally good proposal writers

– We hired an external partner to ensure good formal quality of the acquisition process – Team of content and form

• University was focussing on content and consortium • Our Partner was responsible for proposal writing and financial and

administrative planning

How we made itNow and then

• Management is divided into an administrative, financial and technical part– Administrative management is organized by our external partner

(organizing meetings, formal reporting, contact point for organisational issues)

– Financial and technical management is performed by us (TZI – Universiät Bremen)

• We hired a tough technical manager with a professional industrial background

• We have a focus on the inside but also on the outside development of the project– Actively promoting the project on several occasions – Supporting initiatives of the EC– Using the project to set up structures regarding to the European

Research Area (ERA)

How we made itNow and then - Outlook• Even if the project is huge and the consortium was created carefully • Wearable Computing is broader than wearIT@work

– Still more (technological, societal, …) aspects to be considered– Still more application areas relevant– Still more activities possible

• Not all experts or important player are integrated• National initiatives are not really covered• Not all countries and all interested regions covered

• WearIT@work is the seed not tree !

• Open Wearable Computing Group (OWCG)• 3rd International Forum on Applied Wearable Computing (IFAWC – 15/16

March 2006 in Bremen)• European Mobile Regions

Thank you for your attention!

Contact:Dr. Michael BoronowskyTZI – Universität [email protected]+49 421 218-7272

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