The Hexiwear is loaded with sensors that can be used for all kinds of applications. Many wearable devices however keep the sensor data to themselves and preprocess it for their own limited use. Having access to the raw data opens up a wealth of applications.
The Hexiwear-based life recorder continuously stores environmental data of the person wearing the device. Captured data comprises inertial data (gyro, accelerometer), ambient data (temperature, humidity, air pressure, light level) & health data (heart rate), all of this is available in the Hexiwear. Like a plane's flight recorder this data can be used later, after a trip, an event or an accident, for analysis.
Applications can be as varied as physical performance analysis (step counting, calories), improve driving smoothness to save energy, accident analysis (speed, impact, visibility, weather), personal alarm for old and/or disabled people (activity detector), etc.
The Hexiwear maybe a bit short on memory, but part of its 8 MB serial flash (if it can be used for user applications) may be enough to keep the last couple of hours of data in memory, which is enough for most use cases.
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