Researchers to develop unobtrusive wearable human/machine wireless interface

According to CEA-Leti, the Wear-a-BAN human/machine interface (hmi), could become more intuitive or natural by integrating motional and emotional information, parameters which are difficult to express with standard hmi devices. The project focuses on recent advances in microelectronics, embedded signal processing and software technologies, which the researchers say enable more natural hmi solutions. The objective of the Wear-a-BAN project (Unobtrusive wearable human to machine wireless interface) is to investigate and demonstrate ultra low-power wireless body-area-network technologies for enabling unobtrusive human to machine interfaces into market segments such as smart and interactive textiles, robotics for augmented reality assistance and rehabilitation and natural interfacing devices for video gaming. The project, co-funded by the European Commission, will last for two years and the consortium consists of research organisations, universities, associations of SMEs and SME participants from across Europe. CEA-Leti will be responsible for the specification design and embedding of the communication protocol of the integrated system, and on the management on the work package devoted to integration of the RTD partners innovations into transferable modules.