Flexible Technologies and Smart Clothing for Citizen Medicine, Home Healthcare, and Disease Prevention

Stretchable electronics represents a relatively recent class of technology [1,2] of interest partly due to its potential for applications in sensory robotic skins, [3,4] conformal photovoltaic modules, [5,6] wearable communication devices, [7,8] skin-mounted monitors of physiological health, [9][10][11] advanced, soft surgical and clinical diagnostic tools, [11,12] and bioinspired digital cameras. [13,14] A key challenge in each of these systems is in the development of strategies in mechanics that simultaneously allow large levels of elastic stretchability and high areal coverages of active devices built with materials that are themselves not stretchable (e.g., conventional metals) and are, in some cases, highly brittle (e.g., inorganic semiconductors). For design approaches that embed stretchability in interconnect structures that join rigid device islands, the system level stretchability ε system is much smaller than the interconnect stretchability ε interconnect . Zhang et al. [15] identified the following relationship between the interconnect and system stretchability:, where f dev = (area of active device components)/(total area of the system) is the areal coverage ratio of active device components. Structure designs for stretchable interconnects have evolved from straight [13,16] to curvilinear interconnects, [17] from those bonded to or embedded in the supporting substrate [11,18] to free-standing designs housed in microfluidic enclosures, [19] and from simple structures [17] to fractal/self-similar designs. [15,[20][21][22] All such cases, including a broad variety of shapes, sizes, and geometric arrangements, share the same underlying mechanisms, i.e., out-of-plane buckling of thin structures (metals, insulators, or semiconductors with thickness typically between ≈100 nm and ≈1 µm) provides the basis for elastic stretchability. The most advanced interconnects achieve elastic (reversible)

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In‐Plane Deformation Mechanics for Highly Stretchable Electronics

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“…The aim of such innovation is to enhance elderly group's comfort and the efficiency of healthcare and illness prevention (Axisa et al, 2005). These types of support are mainly hardware dependent, but most of them are embedded with ICT applications.…”

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“…For example, electrically controlled door opening, remote control of furniture and home electronics such as TV, digital reminders that offer health advice or support programmed for individual patients (Essén and Conrick, 2007). Axisa et al (2005) described smart home technologies for smart clothing and home healthcare and disease prevention. ICT applications are also embedded with portable devices for healthcare applications, and alarm installations that can detect and alert health emergencies in the home environment.…”

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Information and communication technology-based innovations for aging healthcare: a literature review

Miah

2014

IJCIH

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Abstract:The paper presents a systematic literature review to identify the key application areas of innovations through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in providing healthcare information to elderly population. Out of the 210 articles published in various health informatics and information systems journals, 42 were identified to meet the requirements for inclusion in the particular review. Based on our analysis, ICT innovations offered for elderly population's healthcare are classified as: smart home-based; mobile-based; online-based; and personalised device and application-based innovations. However, most of the innovations focus only on user side demands and omit the service providers' dynamic demands for information delivery. A cloud computing-based innovation shows promise to develop an effective information delivery approach to provide benefits, both for service providers and the elderly population, needing to deliver and use relevant technologies.Keywords: aging population; ICT solutions; cloud computing, healthcare informatics. Biographical notes: Shah Jahan Miah is a faculty member of Information Systems (IS) at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia. Prior to this position, he had academic positions at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Griffith University and James Cook University, Australia. He has received his PhD (in the area of decision support systems), jointly from the Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems and Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Australia. He is an early career researcher who has lead authored over 50 peer reviewed publications including research book chapters, journal and conference papers in different IS areas and taught over 20 different IS/IT subjects for both postgraduate and undergraduate levels. His current research interests are decision support systems for industries, design science research methodologies, e-service design for businesses and healthcare information systems development. Reference Information and communication technology-based innovations 29

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“…One area where BFS are becoming relevant is related to the developments of assistive technology in the home environment, i.e., domotica and ambient assisted living, and the use of so-called smart clothes that carry sensors that monitor bodily functions (Axisa et al 2005;Marculescu et al 2003). Technological advances allow the use of BFS based technology in combination with advanced ICT solutions to eVectively monitor and assist older people in their home environment.…”

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Mobility assessment in older people: new possibilities and challenges

2007

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A major challenge for researchers and clinicians who address health issues in the ageing population is to monitor functioning, and to timely initiate interventions that aim to prevent loss of functional abilities and to improve the quality of life of older people. With the progress of technologies in the last decades, methods have become available that use body Wxed sensors (BFS) to measure aspects of human performance under real-life conditions. These methods are based on the use of miniaturised and integrated sensors in combination with lightweight, small measuring devices that both can be carried on the body without interfering with normal behaviour. This paper addresses the potential relevance of new technology for monitoring motor function in older people, thereby speciWcally focusing on mobility assessment. After a short introduction with background information about BFS based technology, this paper identiWes areas of particular relevance, and discusses the application of ambulatory techniques for long-term monitoring of daily physical activity, fall detectors, fall risk evaluation, and assessment of motor performance such as gait and balance control. Examples are given how these techniques can become clinically relevant, particularly in the context of fall interventions for older people.

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Flexible Technologies and Smart Clothing for Citizen Medicine, Home Healthcare, and Disease Prevention

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In‐Plane Deformation Mechanics for Highly Stretchable Electronics

In‐Plane Deformation Mechanics for Highly Stretchable Electronics

Information and communication technology-based innovations for aging healthcare: a literature review

Mobility assessment in older people: new possibilities and challenges

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