Paper Info
Title
FabHandWear: An End-to-End Pipeline from Design to Fabrication of Customized Functional Hand Wearables
Abstract
AbstractCurrent hand wearables have limited customizability, they are loose-fit to an individual's hand and lack comfort. The main barrier in customizing hand wearables is the geometric complexity and size variation in hands. Moreover, there are different functions that the users can be looking for; some may only want to detect hand's motion or orientation; others may be interested in tracking their vital signs. Current wearables usually fit multiple functions and are designed for a universal user with none or limited customization. There are no specialized tools that facilitate the creation of customized hand wearables for varying hand sizes and provide different functionalities. We envision an emerging generation of customizable hand wearables that supports hand differences and promotes hand exploration with additional functionality. We introduce FabHandWear, a novel system that allows end-to-end design and fabrication of customized functional self-contained hand wearables. FabHandWear is designed to work with off-the-shelf electronics, with the ability to connect them automatically and generate a printable pattern for fabrication. We validate our system by using illustrative applications, a durability test, and an empirical user evaluation. Overall, FabHandWear offers the freedom to create customized, functional, and manufacturable hand wearables.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3463518
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
DocType
Volume
Issue
Journal
5
2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.34
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis Paredes1131.88
Sai Swarup Reddy210.34
Subramanian Chidambaram362.12
Devashri Vagholkar410.34
Yunbo Zhang513713.46
Bedrich Benes6127680.15
Karthik Ramani710.34