Background
Introduction
These are some preliminary notes on how various interface technologies can be applied to Home Healthcare.
Why home healthcare:
$36 billion market in 1996, over 6 million people
increasing at 15% per year
socially beneficial application of technology
system-level design challenges
existing MIT research
Technological opportunities:
Homes computer penetration >20%?
Internet access >???%?
Wireless communication infrastructure under development….
Current Work at d’Arbeloff
ring sensor
non-invasive optical blood sensors
biochemical sense-and-dispense
rhombus bed/chair system
mobility/navigation cane
continuous wireless monitoring
neonatal monitoring
visual/vestibular eval system
remote cardiopulmonary diagnosis
virtual human model
home automation network
human-centered HVAC
Design Concepts
both expert and non-expert users
same equipment, differing levels of information complexity
portability, attractiveness, modularity, connectivity
wireless sensing and diagnostics
industrial design for fit with home environment
scalable, compatible, reconfigurable
variable mappings between sensor and display
integration with Internet tools and devices, java
multiple levels of temporal information
vital signs vs. patient growth, development
wireless network of modular displays and sensors
automatic interfacing/reconfiguration
IR or RF protocol with proximity sensing
tear off a section of the GUI screen
interfacing with traditional media
simulation of physical controls
virtual buttons, mechanisms
virtual displays
scrolling controlled by fish sensors
abstracted vs. specific information displays
Potential technologies
Sensing
accelerometers
electric field sensors
GPS sensors
heart rate, blood volume, blood oxygen sensors
machine vision (ILL.LIGHT)
liquid haptics
RF tags
Display
led matrix displays
laser raster/vector displays
projection technology
ambient fixtures
wobbalamp
portable MIDI
Resources
Contacts
Josh Smith (data tags, electric field sensing, programming)
Sandy Pentland (Academic Chair, interested in healthcare applications of wearable computers)
Edwin B…? (PHM student, designer of Handheld Doctor)
Larry Leifer (former advisor, steering committee of steering committee, NSF Workshop on Healthcare Robotics
Pablo Garcia, SRI
Dennis Boyle, IDEO
ML Facilities
Computers
Wearable computing group
Laser cutter
Affective computing group
Becton Dickinson, ML sponsor
Other resources
Med center at MIT?
UROPs?
d’Arbeloff Laboratory
VA RR&D Center Steering evaluation project
Stanford ME