Dr. Muhammad Zeshan Afzal

Prof. Dr. Didier Stricker

Dr. Alain Pagani

Keonna Cunningham

Dr. Oliver Wasenmüller

Dr. Gabriele Bleser

Dr. Bruno Mirbach

Dr. Jason Raphael Rambach

Dr. Bertram Taetz

Mhd Rashed Al Koutayni

Jilliam Maria Diaz Barros

Iuliia Brishtel

Mahdi Chamseddine

Steve Dias da Cruz

Ahmet Firintepe

Sophie Folawiyo

David Michael Fürst

Kamalveerkaur Garewal

Christiano Couto Gava

Leif Eric Goebel

Tewodros Amberbir Habtegebrial

Jigyasa Singh Katrolia

Andreas Kölsch

Onorina Kovalenko

Muhammad Jameel Nawaz Malik

Nareg Minaskan Karabid

Mohammad Minouei

Manthan Pancholi

Engr. Kumail Raza

Dr. Nadia Robertini

María Alejandra Sánchez Marín

Dr. Kripasindhu Sarkar

Alexander Schäfer

Pascal Schneider

Lukas Stefan Staecker

Dr. Vladislav Golyanik

Dr. Aditya Tewari

André Luiz Brandão

Collaborative Development of Intelligent Wearable Meta-Products in the Cloud

Collaborative Development of Intelligent Wearable Meta-Products in the Cloud
Didier Stricker
Article

Abstract:: Recent developments in mobile, ubiquitous and cloud computing, as well as in miniature sensors, impose a new understanding of products and production models. A (meta-) product is now a customer driven customisable entity that integrates sensory and computing units, which are in turn connected to the cloud, leading to a paradigm shift from mass production to intelligent, over-the-web configurable products. This evolution triggers an essential change of the whole design and production life cycle and opens totally new perspectives towards person-oriented production models that allow agile, small scale, and distributed production, with a considerable impact on cost-effectiveness and ecology. The customisable meta-products consist of intelligent wearables (clothing, accessories) equipped with embedded networks of sensors. Sensorial data will be communicated in real-time to the new generation of mobile devices via low-energy wireless communication. However, product design and production is now becoming highly complex and requires interdisciplinary expertise. The lack of appropriate methodologies and collaborative tools constitutes a barrier in the wider adoption of the new production paradigm. The goal of EASY is to develop new methodologies, tools and ready-to-use components for designing and producing intelligent wearables as Meta-Products. We propose a cloud computing enabled framework for the Collaborative Design and Development of Personalised Products and Services, combining embedded sensors (Internet of things paradigm) and mobile devices with facilities for joint open development of downloadable applications and services.

Keywords:: INTELLIGENT WEAREABLE DEVICES; META-PRODUCTS; PERSONALISED HARDWARE DEVICES

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