Smart clothing is a “smart system” capable of sensing and communicating with
environmental and the wearer's conditions and stimuli. A comprehensive review is …

As computers increase in power and decrease in size, new mobile, wearable, and pervasive
computing applications are rapidly becoming feasible, providing people access to online …

Upon publication almost 15 years ago, the first edition almost instantly became a trusted
reference, setting the stage for the coming decade, in which the explosion in research and …

Mobile workers need seamless access to communication and information services while on
the move. However, current solutions overwhelm users with intrusive interfaces and …

Computers have advanced beyond the desktop into many parts of everyday life. Ubiquitous
Computing is inevitably computing in context: it takes place in situations in the real world. So …

(57) ABSTRACT A user interface is presented through which a training plan is established.
The training plan includes a plurality of workouts each describing a human physical activity …

Unobtrusiveness has been highlighted as an important design principle in Human-
Computer Interaction (HCI). However, the understanding of unobtrusiveness in the literature …

GPS-embedded clothing for finding children or skiers when they are lost, bio-monitoring
smart shirts, and vests that monitor a patient's vital signs are no longer science fiction but …

Computer hardware continues to shrink in size and increase in capability. This trend has
allowed the prevailing concept of a computer to evolve from the mainframe to the …

Interactive systems have been the dominant computing paradigm over recent years. This
paradigm is characterized by the fact that human user and the system communicate and …