Institute For The Future

Another mobile health app in development from Intel

<bold>UbiFit Garden: Exploring On-body Sensing and Personal Displays to Encourage Physical Activity</bold>

"Computing devices with embedded sensing that are capable of inferring a range of human activities will soon be small and inexpensive enough to be worn throughout everyday life. To explore opportunities and challenges of using such a device, we present a prototype system combining mobile activity sensing with a virtual garden on an individual's mobile phone to encourage personal reflection and gently persuade participation in regular physical activity."

techresearch.intel.com/articles/Top-Links/1438.htm