1. Wearable Computer Technology for Ground Forces Prof. David Bernstein James Madison University Computer Science Department bernstdh@jmu.edu

2. Motivation Individual Soldiers Have Limited: Information Resources (maps, compass, GPS) Connectivity (voice radio) Individual Soldiers Need Better: Perception Memory Decision Making Tools Connectivity

3. History: DARPA “Wearables in 2005” Conference Held in 1996 Representatives from Industry and Military Tried to Predict what was Possible How Did They Do? OK on hardware performance Not very well on anything else

4. What is a Wearable Computer? Ten Years Ago: A processing unit, input device, and output device that can be worn like clothing Today: The answer is less clear

5. Wearable Computers?

6. Generic Uses of Wearable Computers Information Collection Information Transmission Information Processing

7. Uses of Wearable Computers by Ground Forces Information Collection Health/Wellness Environmental Conditions Information Transmission Information Management Augmented Reality Translation Information Processing Navigation Targeting

8. Use by Ground Forces: Health/Wellness GA Tech Wearable Motherboard Sensatex Smart Shirt HealthWear Armband

9. Use by Ground Forces: Environmental Conditions iButton Temperature and Humidity Loggers GPS Receiver for Terrain Logging Chemical Sensor

10. Use by Ground Forces: Information Management  Intelligent interruption to improve limited memory  Attention management to improve focus  Cued Memory Retrieval (Remembrance Agents)  Improves situational awareness  Sensory switching to increase throughput

11. Use by Ground Forces: Augmented Reality Wilson Hall CS/ISAT Building Bernstein’s Office Task: Identify Buildings Task: Highlight Destination Temp: 82°

12. Use by Ground Forces: Augmented Reality (cont.) Contextual Awareness Activity Recognition Location Recognition Sound Recognition and Classification Human Computer Interaction Context-Aware Notification

13. Use by Ground Forces: Translation

14. Use by Ground Forces:Navigation Distance Remaining: 16km ETA: 16:34

15. Use by Ground Forces: Targeting * Target Acquired Contacting Targeting Officer

16. Combat Issues Power Reduced Consumption Improved Storage Energy Harvesting Hardening Devices Textiles Input Training Speech Recognition Chord Keyboards Gestures

17. Upcoming Events Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers October 31 - November 3, 2004 Arlington, VA