2018_EJRNL_PP_GLORY_EMMANUEL-AVINA_1.pdf
Terbatas Lili Sawaludin Mulyadi
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Terbatas Lili Sawaludin Mulyadi
» ITB
Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) wearable devices are used to quantify physiology during
physical activities to monitor levels of fitness and to prevent overexertion. We argue that
there are limitations and challenges to measuring physiological data with current stateof-the-art wearable devices, both with the hardware as well as the data itself. These
limitations and challenges are exacerbated when wearable devices are used in extreme
climate environments We discuss these through empirical findings from our study where
hikers are suited with wearable technologies as they cross the Grand Canyon. We discuss
the performance of various wearable technologies in the extreme environment of the
canyon as well as the concerns with downloaded data. These findings highlight the needs
and opportunities for the wearable devices market, specifically how wearable technologies
could mature to quantify performance and fatigue through real-time data collection and
analysis.