A new class of applications and web sites called personal informatics is appearing that collects personal behavioral information about users and provides access to this information to help users become more aware of their own behaviors. Interaction with personal informatics systems has two inter-dependent phases: monitoring and feedback. Users must interact with the system in at least one of th...

Personal Health Monitoring (PHM) uses electronic devices which monitor and record health-related data outside a hospital, usually within the home. This paper examines the ethical issues raised by PHM. Eight themes describing the ethical implications of PHM are identified through a review of 68 academic articles concerning PHM. The identified themes include privacy, autonomy, obtrusiveness and v...

The use of personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the construction industry is necessary to guarantee the safety of the workers. However, this equipment is not usually worn properly. Nowadays, the only control performed over the use of PPEs consists of a visual inspection. This paper introduces a novel cyberphysical system (CPS) to check in real time how the PPEs are worn by the workers. In or...

Ubiquitous personal monitoring of health is being rapidly developed in recent years. However the concept of pervasive computing in healthcare focuses on individual systems. We propose that Total Health is the transformation of healthcare that aims for complete 24/7 coverage in which no one system can provide. We discuss what are the challenges that come with bringing technology into widespread ...

SI Figure Explanations Extraction efficiency was determined by quantitatively analyzing subsequent rounds of extraction (100 mL ethyl acetate) from a wristband that had been infused with several compounds (four labeled PAHs) (Figure S1). Differences in extracted amount did not differ between the two time treatments (p=0.78). Therefore, extractions for all silicone PSDs in this study were done w...

According to previsions, Spanish population over 65 years old will soon be an important fraction. For the EU region, old-age dependency ratios will more than double in 2000 to 2050, decreasing, at the same time, the ratio of persons of working age to every elderly people. These data show the need for some helping technologies that make possible to deal with this scenario. One of the possibiliti...