Wearability

Wearable coated abrasive wheels of the radial-fiap type can grind and polish contours that are almost impossible for bonded abrasive wheels. 

Kymissis et al. have examined the possibility of generation of electrical power parasitically from devices built in a shoe, a wearable subsystem for the soldier. Merits of three different types of piezoelectric devices are compared. They are a unimorph strip piezoceramic composite, a stave of multilayer laminate of PVDF foil, and a shoe-mounted rotary magnetic generator as a part of technology demonstration a piezoelectric embedded shoe has also been postulated to periodically broadcast a digital radio frequency identification (RFID) signal as the wearer walks. 

Kymissis, J., Kendall, C., Paradiso, J., and Greshenfeld, N., Parasitic power harvesting in shoes. Presented at 2nd IEEE International Conference on Wearable Computing, Paper no. 2, Aug. 1998. 

Wearable Devices and Wireless Networks Tools for Pervasive Health Care In-Life Testing... 

Thanks to advances in miniaturization and developments in sensors and measurement technologies, it is already possible to collect a considerable amount of health-related information from wearable or embedded devices, and numerous new devices are also in the pipeline (Table 32.1). Some of these devices function on a constant basis, whereas others take intermittent mea-... 

Introduction of a wearable non-invasive glucose monitor Cygness Inc. 

M. Shichiri, Y. Yamasaki, N. Hakui, and H. Abe, Wearable artificial endocrine pancreas with needle-type glucose sensor. Lancet 2, 1129-1131 (1982). 

Figure 11. Comparison of a wearable foam sensor integrated into a shirt, and a reference airflow monitor (facemask) for monitoring breathing during treadmill experiments. The results (bottom) indicate that these types of innocuous wearable sensors can provide important information on general heath indicators such as breathing [27].

Annual preventive maintenance, in which most wearable items such as pistons, seals, lamps, and filters are replaced, is to be scheduled before calibration. 

So-called "memorial" diamonds are a recent trend in the jewelry industry. They are diamonds made—quite literally—from human remains. A number of companies now offer to cremate the body of a loved one or pet and use the carbon contained in the body to create a diamond gemstone. The new diamonds, forms of pure carbon, are marketed as the ultimate, wearable keepsake of the dearly departed. 

According to the purpose of the measurement, we may take results expressed in measuring depth, reflecting the wearability of a material, or expressed in Mohs hardness units. The possibility of converting from depth measurement to H0 hardness classes conforming to the Mohs scale, consistent with Vickers hardness (Fig. 4.4.11), may provoke some reservations. For this reason, therefore, A. Szymanski and J. M. Szymanski (1976) tried... 

Anderson, K., Seyam, A.M., The road to true wearable electronics Proc. TI 82nd World Conference , The Textile Institute, Cairo, Egypt, March 2002. 

McAdams E.T., McLaughlin J, Anderson J McC., Wearable and implantable monitoring systems 10 years experience at University of Ulster Proc. Wearable Electronic and Smart Textiles Confi, Leeds, UK, 2004. 

The dried film was very wearable and comfortable even after showing and exercising. Due to the nature of film formation on moist tissue, the film contained a significant amount of water (>20%) because the copolymer is hydrophilic and slightly crosslinked to absorb water. The formation of a film on a moist surface by the water-based emulsion is not conducive to a perfectly continuous dense film as is demonstrated in Fig. 2.10. The particles can be seen coalescing with each other, but they do not form a perfectly coherent and, therefore, not a continuous film as viewed in (c). 

Dianne Patterson is a retired art teacher in Elmhurst, Illinois. She is past chairperson for the art department at Willowbrook High School in Illinois and is currently associated with the Elmhurst Art Museum as a docent and lecturer. Dianne is a former member of the Illinois Alliance for the Arts, Chicago Art Education, and the Illinois Art Education Association. She is currently pursuing watercolor painting, creation of wearable art, writing, and travel. Dianne received her bachelor of fine arts (art education) from the University of Illinois, and her master of arts from the University of Illinois. She has pursued postgraduate work in fine arts and art education at the University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado, and Northern Illinois University. 

In 1993, we reported on a study of nine normal subjects using a wearable continuous monitoring system.17 This was the first application of error grid analysis... 

Schoonen AJ, Schmidt FJ, Hasper H, Verbrugge DA, Tiessen RG, Lerk CF. Development of a potentially wearable glucose sensor for patients with diabetes mellitus design and in-vitro evaluation. Biosensors Bioelectronics 1990, 5, 37 16. 

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