Syllabus
Introduction to Wearable sensors – Attributes of wearables – Meta-wearable – Challenges and opportunities – Future of wearables – Social interpretation of Aesthetics – Case study – Google glass – Wearable haptics – Need for wearable haptic devices – Categories of wearable haptic and tactile display – Wearable Sensors – Chemical and Biochemical sensors – System design – Challenges in chemical biochemical sensing – Applications.
Flexible Electronics and Energy Harvesting Systems – Thin-film transistors – Low-power Integrated Circuit design for biopotential sensing – Analog circuit design techniques.
Lowpower design for ADCs – Digital circuit design techniques – Architectural design for low power biopotential acquisition – Practical considerations – Energy harvesting from human body
– Temperature gradient – Foot motion – Wireless energy transmission – Energy harvesting from light and RF energy – Energy and power consumption issues – Future considerations Monitoring Physical and Physiological Parameters – Wearable sensors for physiological signal measurement – Physical measurement – cardiovascular diseases – Neurological diseases – Gastrointestinal diseases – Wearable and non-invasive assistive technologies – Assistive devices for individuals with severe paralysis – Wearable tongue drive system – Dual-mode tongue drive system.