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Oliver Amft gave a talk at the MIRACUM project Kick-off Symposium which took place from 22. - 23. February 2018 in Erlangen, Germany. Title: Ambient and Wearable Computing in Digital Health - A new Chair at FAU Presentation slides: See MIRACUM page. Continue

Medizintechnologie.de published an article "Kleine Helfer – große Wirkung" on wearable technology for healthcare summarising trends on integrating wearables into medical treatment. An interview with Prof. Oliver Amft is cited and the chair's projects around smart eyeglasses for dietary monitoring are described. Continue

Oliver Amft gave a talk at the Rheumadocs Fellow Meeting 2018 titled "mHealth und eHealth in der Rheumatologie der Zukunft". The meeting was organised by the Rheumadocs e.V. in Nürnberg on Jan 12-14, 2018. Continue

Wirtschaftszeitung reports in its Jan 2018 issue on mHealth developments and future perspectives, citing Prof. Oliver Amft on personalised medical wearables. Continue

3D-print personal fitted, regular-look smart eyeglasses frames equipped with bilateral Electromyography (EMG) recording were used to monitor Temporalis muscles’ activity for automatic dietary monitoring. Continue

Oliver Amft gave a talk at the Technology Forum 'Connectivity' hosted by the Strategische Partnerschaft Sensorik at Regensburg on Nov 30, 2017. More information: www.sensorik-bayern.de/de/technologieforum-connectivity-in-unserem-lebensraum Continue

The new Wearable Computing department in IEEE Pervasive magazine is edited by Oliver Amft and Kristof Van Laerhoven. There first department was just published. Continue

The ACTLab research group is moving to FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg to found the new Chair of eHealth and mHealth at the Faculty of Medicine. New website: www.actlab.med.fau.de. Continue

Prof. Oliver Amft gave a well-received talk, titled "Printed Wearable Systems" at INDIGO 2017 in Amberg, Germany. This year's INDIGO conference theme is Digital Production. Continue

ACTLab participates at the MT-Connect 2017 fair in Nuremberg this year! Rui Zhang and Florian Wahl present our smart eyeglasses projects, including heart beat measurement and chewing detection. Moreover Florian Wahl pitches the new Chronify app that recognises sleep phases without requiring users to place their smartphone at particular places. Continue