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eWatch: A Wearable Sensor and Notification Platform Paper By: Uwe Maurer, Anthony Rowe, Asim Smailagic, Daniel P. Siewiorek Presenter: Ke Gao Overview Introduction Related Work Hardware Architecture Software Design Location Recognition Q A Introduction – What’s eWatch? The eWatch a watch and it’s a wearable sensor and notification platform developed for context aware computing research. eWatch provides tactile, audio and visual notification while sensing and recording light, motion, sound and temperature. eWatch can be used for applications such as context aware notification, elderly monitoring and fall detection, wrist PDA, or a universal interface to smart environments. The ability to sense and notify allows for a new variety of enhancements. Related Work The idea of a smart wrist watch dates back as early as the 1930s and first took a functional form with the IBM Linux Watch. In its original form, the Linux Watch was a PDA on the wrist, and did not possess sensors. Existing systems do not function appropriately when a patient loses consciousness and cannot press a button. Current automatic systems have a high rate of false positives. Hardware Architecture The main CPU is a Philips LPC2106 ARM7TDMI microcontroller with 128Kb of internal FLASH and 64Kb of RAM. eWatch communicates wirelessly using a SMARTM Bluetooth module and an infrared data port for control of devices such as a television. Sensor data is acquired using an external TLV1544 10bit ADC and can be stored in a 1Mb external FLASH device. Three push buttons are distributed around the outside of the housing in the standard configuration of a digital watch. eWatch is powered by a 3.6 volt 700mAh rechargeable lithium polymer battery with a linear regulator active during peak voltages and a DC to DC voltage pump as the battery drains. Software Design The eWatch system was designed as a platform for developing context aware applications. The main goals that influenced the design decisions were ea