According to foreign media reports, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Kinematics Research at Michigan State University has developed a new wearable sensor network that can monitor a person’s physical activity and overall physical activity.

Using the technology developed by the professor of engineering, Subir Biswas, the experimenter will wear three small wireless sensors on wrists, arms, and lower legs, respectively, to determine the current user's exercise type and other types by monitoring the frequency, intensity, and time values. Some valuable information. The data can also be transmitted over a wireless network to a remote server for service provider health assessment and management.

“This has added ways to measure physical activity,” said Karin Pfeiffer, a professor of motor functioning at the team. “If we can't accurately measure activities, we will not be able to provide advice on what kind of exercise is beneficial for weight loss or other health problems.”

The current project has received a total of US$411,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health for a two-year period.

Although traditional gravity sensing-based wearable sensors have become common devices in motion measurement, such devices will lose their function in mountaineering. With the use of wireless sensors, it is possible to capture acceleration, tilt, body posture, and distance between limbs to monitor the user's movement status.

“By monitoring physical activity status and counting exercise volume, we can perform statistics and provide effective solutions. This will greatly help improve the current trend of aging body health problems.”