The design of the SensVest

Authors:
F. Knight;Anthony Schwirtz;Fotis Psomadelis;Chris Baber;W. Bristow;N. Arvanitis
Affiliations:
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, UK;Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, UK;ANCO S.A. R&D Division, Greece;The University of Birmingham, UK;The University of Birmingham, UK;Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Birmingham, UK
Venue:
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The SensVest is an item of wearable technology that measures, records and transmits aspects of human physical performance such as heart rate, temperature and movement. The SensVest has been designed for use by science teachers and students to meet their requirements. This paper reports the stages undertaken to design the SensVest, from determining appropriate methods of assessing human performance, to considerations of mounting the technology on the body. Trials have shown that concessions need to be made with ease of use and cost to ensure that the data collected is reliable and usable, with an awareness of the sensors’ limitations. By designing the SensVest with the wearer in mind a system has been developed that is comfortable, does not inhibit normal performance and is wearable. User trials have shown that meaningful, reliable and useful data can be collected using the SensVest.