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Data Protection and Privacy Issues of the Internet of Things
Published in Stavros Shiaeles, Nicholas Kolokotronis, Internet of Things, Threats, Landscape, and Countermeasures, 2021
Τhe European Data Protection Supervisor has outlined the main concerns regarding smart glasses projects.Smart glasses are wearable computers with a mobile Internet connection that are worn like glasses or that are mounted on regular glasses. They allow to display information in the user’s view field and to capture information from the physical world using, e.g., camera, microphone and GPS receiver, e.g., for augmented-reality (AR) applications. As Internet-enabled devices, they can belong to the Internet of Things (IoT).[61, p. 4]
Augmented Reality in Supply Chain Management
Published in Turan Paksoy, Çiğdem Koçhan, Sadia Samar Ali, Logistics 4.0, 2020
Sercan Demir, Ibrahim Yilmaz, Turan Paksoy
Google’s Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is currently one of the most popular smart glasses in the market. Glass is a small, lightweight wearable computer with a transparent display for hands-free work (Figure 4). Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is a wearable device that helps businesses improve the quality of their output, and help) their employees work smarter, faster and safer. It provides hands-on workers and professionals with glanceable, voice-activated agsistance that iv designed to be worn all day with its comfortable, lightweight profile (Glass 2019a).
An Overview on Wearable Devices for Medical Applications
Published in Manuel Cardona, Vijender Kumar Solanki, Cecilia E. García Cena, Internet of Medical Things, 2021
The various WHDs can be worn on various human body parts such as leg/foot, head, or arm, and can be implantable as artificial organs or used as smart pills. The main purpose of these wearable devices is to collect useful health data. Some examples of these WHDs are given as follows [26, 31]: Head: This is the uppermost body part and it includes the eyes, nose, forehead and mouth. The WHDs for head are goggles, glasses, contact lenses, headbands, earrings, patches, earphones and hearing aids. The modern smart glasses devices are wearable computers having various sensors, viz., gyroscopes, pressure sensors, image sensors, microphones and accelerometers. Here, voice commands are used for operation by a user interface [26].Torso: This central part of the body includes suits, belts, and undershirts worn on the torso. Some examples are pajamas for electrocardiogram measurement in infants, smart jackets for measuring the physiological parameters of babies, uniforms with wearable computers for monitoring military personnel such as UV sensor swimsuits, and glove swaddles of babies for temperature sensing. These can used for continuous monitoring and enhancing patient health. Moreover, a plaster for sweat analysis, pain relief, repelling mosquitoes and patches for drug delivery are also demonstrated. In addition, smart bras, shirts and a wearable artificial pancreas are some of the examples [26, 32].Arm, foot and leg: Here, the WHDs worn on the arm, foot and leg such as bracelets, smartwatches, armbands, wristbands, rings, etc. to monitor physiological parameters like body temperature, heart rate, daily activities and UV exposure levels. This also includes smartsocks, sleeves and other wearable accessories worn on the leg or foot [26, 32]. Various wireless technologies and privacy controls for wearable devices in medical applications are shown in Table 3.1 and Table 3.2 [9,34].
Potentials and challenges of augmented reality smart glasses in logistics and supply chain management: a systematic literature review
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2021
Abderahman Rejeb, John G. Keogh, G. Keong Leong, Horst Treiblmaier
Recent research has focused on using real-time video technologies in the form of wearable devices such as smart glasses to gain logistics efficiencies (Kembro, Danielsson, and Smajli 2017). Furthermore, several attempts have been made to introduce smart glasses into the automotive and retail sectors as well as numerous other industries and services (Hofmann, Haustein, and Landeweerd 2017). For example, smart glasses were successfully piloted in the DHL Supply Chain in early 2015, before they were adopted as a standard technology in their warehousing operations (DHL 2019). Overall, the logistics sector is an early adopter for smart glasses, such that demand is expected to reach USD 4.4 billion in 2022, according to an ABI Research report (ABIresearch 2017). Technically, smart glasses are an innovative form of wearable technology that blends AR with real and virtual information in the user’s field of view (Rauschnabel and Ro 2016). The device is worn like traditional glasses yet contains various sensors such as a microphone, camera, and Global Positioning System (GPS) to capture the user’s physical environment and augment it with virtual objects. From the users’ perspective, smart glasses are a tool that provides valuable information by extending human senses and information processing capabilities (Ruminski et al. 2016). The technology is perceived as one of the most potent and promising innovations in current times (Guerreiro et al. 2018).
Responsible Research and Innovation in the context of human cognitive enhancement: some essential features
Published in Journal of Responsible Innovation, 2018
Clare Shelley-Egan, Anders Braarud Hanssen, Laurens Landeweerd, Bjørn Hofmann
Human cognitive enhancement (HCE) – the particular focus of this paper – is an area in which non-therapeutic enhancements have been widely discussed (Farah et al. 2004; Cakic 2009; Ferrari, Coenen, and Grunwald 2012; Forlini et al. 2013; Dresler et al. 2013; Davis 2014; Giubilini and Sanyal 2015). HCE can be defined as ‘the use of interventions to improve cognitive functioning and performance, where these are not impaired in clinically significant ways’ (Nuffield Council 2013, 164). Cognitive enhancement includes improvements in capacities including attention, understanding, reasoning, learning and memory (Nuffield Council 2013). A variety of means can be used to enhance cognitive performance, ranging from pharmaceutical cognitive enhancers (PCEs) (’smart drugs’) to brain stimulation techniques and smart glasses. Indeed, some applications are already on the market and available for home use. For example, non-invasive brain stimulation devices such as Trans Cranial Direct Current Stimulation can be used to enhance spatial learning and memory (De Jongh et al. 2008; Hamilton, Messing, and Chatterjee 2011; Kadosh et al. 2012; Fitz and Reiner 2013; Davis 2014). ‘Smart drugs’ or pharmacological enhancers are also readily available (albeit ‘off-label’ or illegally obtained) (Hall 2004; Cakic 2009; Sahakian and Morein-Zamir 2011; Farah et al. 2014). Smart glasses can be used to increase a wide range of capacities, such as information retrieval and processing, geographical orientation, and ability to handle tasks in a more efficient way (Hofmann, Haustein, and Landeweerd 2016).
The industrial management of SMEs in the era of Industry 4.0
Published in International Journal of Production Research, 2018
Alexandre Moeuf, Robert Pellerin, Samir Lamouri, Simon Tamayo-Giraldo, Rodolphe Barbaray
Hao and Helo (2015) showed the advantage of using IoT, Cloud Computing and virtual reality simultaneously. The use of smart glasses allows for information to be displayed directly in the user’s field of vision in real time. Disturbing events appear more visible, which causes employees to be more reactive. Likewise, maintenance of production resources is facilitated by the availability of the data required to restore faulty equipment to operational condition.