title: Wearable Sensors? What is there to sense?
abstract: This paper provides an overview of research conducted in the development of ambulatory devices for wearable sensing applications. Two configurations of wearable sensing are shown, the first a wearable chemosensor in a wrist-watch configuration, and the second a textile with an integrated foam sensor. The foam sensor is composed of polypyrrole-coated polyurethane foam, which exhibits a piezo-resistive response when exposed to electrical current. The potential of wearable sensing is discussed using these examples to illustrate the relevant concerns.
authors.affiliation: Adaptive Information Cluster, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brady
authors.forename: Lucy E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Aogan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: Dermot
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diamond
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003020:Clothing; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000295:instrumentation; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013784:Textiles