Wearable Internet of Things

Abstract

With the type of ailments increasing and with the methods of diagnosis improving day by day, wearable devices are increasing in number. Many times, it is found to be beneficial to have continuous diagnosis for certain type of ailments and for certain type of individuals. One will feel uncomfortable if a number of needles are protruding out of one's body for having continuous diagnosis. From this point of view, wearable diagnosis systems are preferable. With Internet of Things (IoT), it is possible to have a number of diagnostic sensors as wearable devices. In addition, for a continuous monitoring, the information from these wearable devices must be transferring information to some central location. IoT makes this possible. IoT brings full range of pervasive connectivity to wearable devices. IoT of wearable devices can include additional intelligence of location of the person wearing the device and also some biometric information identifying the wearer.