Wearable technology for the next generation of sports performance and health monitoring

用于下一代运动表现和健康监测的可穿戴技术

• 批准号: 1789293
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1789293
• 关键词: Wearable; technology; next; generation; sports

There are currently no real-time, non-invasive devices to monitor hydration levels for sports and healthcare applications. NPL and QMUL have been exploring technology for a microwave hydration monitor and the PhD student will develop a SMART device that has the potential to monitor real-time hydration changes in the sports arena. The scientific benefits will be a device which can actively monitor a person's hydration in a localised region of the body, and how body perfusion interacts. The technology will lead to a better understanding of a person's health but also how the body operates in hyper to dehydration scenarios, both of which have significant detrimental effects on the person's health and well-being. In the sporting community, performance benefits of a hydration monitor will be explored with existing collaborations at St Mary's University. The student will develop the next generation of prototype devices using electronics, design and microwave propagation skills. The current prototype utilises an ear lobe attachment which needs to accommodate a microwave antenna and wireless circuitry while remaining in stable contact during low intensity and moderate exercise. Existing and developed prototypes will be evaluated using biomaterials for frequency-dependent microwave absorption measurements and ethically approved measurements in sports people. The resulting prototype will benefit the sports and healthcare industries enormously through development of IP and patents. Indeed, the SMART wearable technology has the potential to attract further financial investment with an estimated £32 million modestly predicted potential sales market.

目前还没有实时、非侵入性的设备来监测运动和医疗保健应用中的水合水平。 NPL 和 QMUL 一直在探索微波水合监测器技术，博士生将开发一种 SMART 设备，该设备有潜力监测运动场上的实时水合变化。科学上的好处将是一种可以主动监测人体局部区域的水合作用以及身体灌注如何相互作用的设备。该技术将有助于更好地了解人的健康状况，以及身体在过度脱水情况下的运作方式，这两种情况都会对人的健康和福祉产生重大不利影响。在体育界，将通过圣玛丽大学的现有合作来探索水合监测器的性能优势。学生将利用电子、设计和微波传播技能开发下一代原型设备。目前的原型采用耳垂附件，需要容纳微波天线和无线电路，同时在低强度和中等运动期间保持稳定接触。将使用生物材料对现有和开发的原型进行评估，以进行频率相关的微波吸收测量以及经道德批准的运动员测量。由此产生的原型将通过知识产权和专利的开发使体育和医疗保健行业受益匪浅。事实上，SMART 可穿戴技术有潜力吸引更多的金融投资，适度预测潜在销售市场估计为 3200 万英镑。