WISDM Related Applications

Below are applications that in some way relate to WISDM (Wireless Sensor Data Mining). Some of the applications clearly could be put into several categories, but we have tried to associate each with the most relevant category. Note that many of the applications are related to health, but we have not yet made that into a standalone category.

Activity Monitoring Related Applications (includes some health applications)

• Fitbit is a $99 commercial product that uses a clip-on accelerometer-based sensor to track your daily activity levels. Its main purpose is to track fitness related activities as well as the amount of sleep that you get. It requies a base-station, connected to your PC, to periodically collect the accelerometer data. However, we ordered two fitbits in July 2010 and have not yet received them (every time we check they say it will ship in another month). We have to assume that the Fitbit is vaporware.
• WorkSmart Labs has a product called CardioTrainer that runs on Android phones and tracks your exercise activities. It also lets you upload your data to Google Health.
• A video of the MotionBands cell phone-based activity recognition system is provided. A paper describing this system is available from our related work page (search for MotionBand).
• CenceMe lets you sense your social network in real time. It lets you know what activities your friends are performing based on accelerometer data and also uses other sensory data, like noise from the cellphone microphone. The application is free to download and is for the iPhone.
• GE Health Care has a product called QuietCare which is deployed in Nursing Homes to monitor the elderly. However, it requires specialized equipment. They say that "Small wireless and camera-free sensors strategically located in the resident's apartment learn their routine. The sensors capture data and transmit the information to an off-site server for analysis. Information provided allows immediate response to potential emergencies, or improvements in the care plan related to behavioural changes and indication of possible emerging health trends." There is a youtube video of the system in action.
• Researchers have developed an electronic "smart" cane that is embedded with sensors, a computer, and wireless networking technology. The SmartCane can, among other things, detect usage patterns, predicts outcomes, such as a fall, and inform the patient or caregiver about how the device is being used in the first place. This work is described in detail in a BodyNets 2008 conference paper.
• Nike + iPod lets your sneaker talk to your iPod. You put a sensor in your sneaker and data is sent to your iPod, which will tell you your pace, distance, and calories burned.
• The short article Google want to make your Android Phone much Smarter with Acclerometer and other Sensors discusses how your phone can figure out what you are doing and then exploit that (e.g., play music when you start your 6am run).

• Sense Networks is a company that gathers location data from mobile devices and then applies predictive analytics to it. Their first application is Citysense, which is an application for real-time nightlife discovery and social navigation. It can answer questions like "Where is everyone going right now"?
• Google Latitude tracks the GPS data from users and allows you to see the locations of your friends and also summarizes location data about you for your own use. At present there does not seem to be much data mining, but certainly this application shares much in common with possible GPS data mining applications.
• The GPS function of smart phones can be used for tracking purposes. Guardian Angel Technology is one company that uses this to track your child using his/her cellphone, for a monthly fee (currently $30). Also, Sprint will track up to 4 phones for $9.99/month with Family Locator, while you can use AT&T's Navigator to do the same thing. In some cases the tracking is done with the same program that is used for providing directions, whereas in other cases there may be specialized features geared toward tracking children. Of course, you can do the same using Google Latitude for free-- and of course you can track not just your children, but your friends.