Smart shirt that can call for help after a fall

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Tay, Francis E H ^a   Nyan, Myo Naing ^a   Koh, Teck Hong ^a   Seah, K H W ^a   Sitoh, Yih Yiow ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Detection system; Smart shirt

Indexed keywords

DETECTION SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION; SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE (SMS); SMART SHIRTS;

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL THEORY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 21144449636     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194005002257     Document Type: Article

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