Wearable Android : Android wear & Google Fit app development / Sanjay M. Mishra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mishra, Sanjay, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wearable computers.

Mobile apps.

Android (Electronic resource).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Software Development/Mobile/Android/Wearable/Fitness Build ""Wearable"" Applications on the Android Wear and Google Fit Platforms This book covers wearable computing and wearable application development particularly for Android Wear (smartwatches) and Google Fit (fitness sensors). It provides relevant history, background and core concepts of wearable computing and ubiquitous computing, as a foundation for designing/developing applications for the Android Wear and Google Fit platforms. This book is intended for Android wearable enthusiasts, technologists and software developers.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Author; About This Book; Acknowledgments; Part I Wearable Computing: Introduction and Background; Chapter 1 Wearables: Introduction; 1.1 Wearable Computing; 1.2 Wearable Computers and Technology; 1.3 "Wearables"; 1.4 The word: "Wearables"; 1.5 Wearables and Smartphones; 1.6 Wearable Light, Glanceable Interactions; 1.7 Smartphone Dependency, Inconveniences; 1.8 Wearable Interaction; 1.9 User's Real-world Context; 1.10 Variety of Wearable Devices; 1.10.1 Smart Watches; 1.10.2 Fitness Sensors; 1.10.3 Smart Jewelry; 1.11 Android Wear and Google Fit

1.11.1 Device / Hardware Purchases References and Further Reading; Chapter 2 Wearable Computing Background and Theory; 2.1 Wearable Computing History; 2.1.1 Wearable Computing Pioneers; 2.1.2 Academic Research at Various Universities; 2.2 Internet of Things (IoT) and Wearables; 2.2.1 Machine to Machine (M2M); 2.3 Wearables' Mass Market Enablers; 2.3.1 "ARM-ed" revolution; 2.3.1.1 ARM alternatives; 2.3.2 System on Chip (SoC); 2.3.3 Human Dependence on Computing; 2.3.4 Smartphone extensions; 2.3.5 Sensors; 2.3.5.1 Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Sensors

2.4 Human-Computer Interface and Human-Computer Relationship 2.4.1 Human-Computer Interface: over the years; 2.4.2 Human Computer Interaction (HCI): Demand and Suggest; 2.4.2.1 Demand Paradigm; 2.4.2.2 Suggest Paradigm; 2.4.2.3 Demand or Suggest?; 2.4.2.4 Demand and Suggest: A Healthy Balance; 2.4.3 Evolution of the Human-Computer Relationship; 2.5 A Multi-Device World; 2.5.1 Spatial Scope of Computing: Devices near and Devices far; 2.5.2 Body Area Network (BAN); 2.5.3 Personal Area Network (PAN); 2.5.4 Home Area Network (HAN); 2.5.5 Automobile Network; 2.5.5.1 Controller Area Network (CAN)

2.5.6 Near-Me Area Network (NAN)2.5.7 Campus Area Network; 2.5.8 Metro Area Network; 2.5.9 Wide Area Network; 2.5.10 Internet; 2.5.11 Interplanetary Network; 2.6 Ubiquitous Computing; 2.7 Collective, Synergistic Computing Value; 2.7.1 Importance of the User Centricity and the User Context; 2.7.2 Distributed Intelligent Personal Assistant; 2.8 Bright and Cloudy: Cloud-based Intelligent Personal Agent; 2.8.1 Google / Cloud-Based Intelligent Personal Agent; 2.9 Leveraging Computer Vision; 2.9.1 Enhanced Computer Vision / Subtle Change Amplification

2.10 IoT and Wearables: Unnatural and over the top?2.10.1 Human History of Tool Use and Computation; 2.10.2 Communication Networks in Nature; 2.10.3 Consumption of Power: by computational systems, biological and artificial; 2.11 Security and Privacy Issues; 2.11.1 Use Awareness and complete end-to-end Transparency; 2.11.2 User Control and Choice; 2.11.3 User Access to Collected Data and Erasure capability; 2.11.4 Device side, transit, and cloud side protection: Data Anonymization; 2.11.5 Practical Considerations: User Centricity; 2.11.5.1 OpenID; 2.12 Miscellaneous

2.12.1 PhoneBloks: Waste Reduction

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119050865

1119050863

9781119050971

1119050979

9781119051091

1119051096

OCLC:

906447735