ESPRIT with Pervasive Sensing (Programme Grant)
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Abstract
Elite athletes walk a fine line between performance success and failure. Although regarded by the public as examples of ultimate fitness, in reality they often exhibit vital signs bordering on clinical pathology. Their physiological parameters challenge our notions of what we consider clinically normal, for, as individuals, athletes represent a unique model of human stress adaptation and often, sadly, mal-adaptation. Understanding this human variance may assist ultimately in understanding aspects of well being in the population at large, in the work place and during healthy exercise, as well as when undergoing lifestyle changes to overcome disease, age-related changes and chronic stress.To maximise the potential of GB athletes and support the quest for gold at future World Championships, Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the UK's sports governing bodies and the UK sports governing bodies and research councils have identified the opportunity for engineering and physical science disciplines to support and interact with the sports community during training. Not only will this secure competitive advantage for UK athletes, it will also, of more general application, contribute understanding of the biology of athletic performance to gain insights which will improve the health and wellbeing of the population at large.The vision of ESPRIT is to position UK at the forefront of pervasive sensing in elite sports and promote its wider application in public life-long health, wellbeing and healthcare, whilst also addressing the EPSRC's key criteria for UK science and engineering research. The proposed programme represents a unique synergy of leading UK research in body sensor networks (BSN), biosensor design, sports performance monitoring and equipment design. The provision of ubiquitous and pervasive monitoring of physical, physiological, and biochemical parameters in any environment and without activity restriction and behaviour modification is the primary motivation of BSN research. This has become a reality with the recent advances in sensor design, MEMS integration, and ultra-low power micro-processor and wireless technologies. Since its inception, BSN has advanced very rapidly internationally. The proposing team has already contributed to a range of novel, low cost, miniaturised wireless devices and prototypes for sports and healthcare.
Organisations
- Imperial College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- Holst Centre and Phillips, Holland (Collaboration)
- Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (Collaboration)
- Australian Government (Collaboration)
- British Canoeing (Collaboration)
- British Olympic Association (Collaboration)
- University College Cork (Collaboration)
- Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC) Ltd (Collaboration)
- Royal Brompton Hospital (Collaboration)
- British Cycling (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- British Rowing (Collaboration)
- Auckland University of Technology (AUT) (Collaboration)
- Western University (Collaboration)
- Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Centre (Collaboration)
- British Swimming (Collaboration)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Collaboration)
- Rugby Football Union RFU (Collaboration)
- GB Taekwondo (Collaboration)
- GB Gymnastics (Collaboration)
- Lawn Tennis Association (Collaboration)
- West Ham United F.C. (Collaboration)
- GB Hockey (Collaboration)
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Collaboration)
- SWANSEA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- McLaren Group (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Adidas Group (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- University of Waikato (Collaboration)
- Te Awamutu Rugby Sports & Recreation Club (Collaboration)
- Wakefield College (Collaboration)
- All Blacks (Collaboration)
- NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Scottish Rugby Union (Collaboration)
- UK Sport (Collaboration)
- UK Athletics Limited (Collaboration)
- British Wheelchair Basketball (Collaboration)
- University of Queensland (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
- English Institute of Sport (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- IMEC - REALITY (Project Partner)
- British Olympic Medical Centre (Project Partner)
- Association of British HealthTech Industries (Project Partner)
- Livework Studio Ltd (Project Partner)
- Age UK (Project Partner)
- Bridgepoint (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- BT Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- United Kingdom Sport (Project Partner)
- National Physical Laboratory (Project Partner)
Publications
Lo FPW
(2020)
Image-Based Food Classification and Volume Estimation for Dietary Assessment: A Review.
in IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Martinus RD
(2011)
The effect of complement C5a on mitochondrial functions of PC12 cells.
in Neuroreport
Mortatti AL
(2012)
Effect of competition on salivary cortisol, immunoglobulin A, and upper respiratory tract infections in elite young soccer players.
in Journal of strength and conditioning research
N/A
N/A
Nunes JA
(2011)
Salivary hormone and immune responses to three resistance exercise schemes in elite female athletes.
in Journal of strength and conditioning research
Nunes JA
(2011)
Effects of resistance training periodization on performance and salivary immune-endocrine responses of elite female basketball players.
in The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness
Pansiot J
(2011)
WISDOM: wheelchair inertial sensors for displacement and orientation monitoring
in Measurement Science and Technology
Pansiot J
(2010)
Swimming Stroke Kinematic Analysis with BSN
Patterson J
(2012)
Dual-Mode Additive Noise Rejection in Wearable Photoplethysmography
| Description | Elite athletes walk a fine line between performance success and failure. Although regarded by the public as examples of ultimate fitness, in reality they often exhibit vital signs bordering on clinical pathology. Their physiological parameters challenge our notions of what we consider clinically normal, for, as individuals, athletes represent a unique model of human stress adaptation and often, sadly, mal-adaptation. Understanding this human variance may assist ultimately in understanding aspects of well being in the population at large, in the work place and during healthy exercise, as well as when undergoing lifestyle changes to overcome disease, age-related changes and chronic stress.To maximise the potential of GB athletes and support the quest for gold at future World Championships, Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the UK's sports governing bodies and the UK sports governing bodies and research councils have identified the opportunity for engineering and physical science disciplines to support and interact with the sports community during training. Not only will this secure competitive advantage for UK athletes, it will also, of more general application, contribute understanding of the biology of athletic performance to gain insights which will improve the health and wellbeing of the population at large.The vision of ESPRIT is to position UK at the forefront of pervasive sensing in elite sports and promote its wider application in public life-long health, wellbeing and healthcare, whilst also addressing the EPSRC's key criteria for UK science and engineering research. The proposed programme represents a unique synergy of leading UK research in body sensor networks (BSN), biosensor design, sports performance monitoring and equipment design. The provision of ubiquitous and pervasive monitoring of physical, physiological, and biochemical parameters in any environment and without activity restriction and behaviour modification is the primary motivation of BSN research. This has become a reality with the recent advances in sensor design, MEMS integration, and ultra-low power micro-processor and wireless technologies. Since its inception, BSN has advanced very rapidly internationally. The proposing team has already contributed to a range of novel, low cost, miniaturised wireless devices and prototypes for sports and healthcare. |
| Exploitation Route | Ongoing project with a mixture of exploitation routes ranging from academic publication to platform development and potential commercialisation. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare |
| URL | http://www.imperial.ac.uk/hamlyn |
| Description | The ESPRIT programme has generated a range of outputs. The results have been exploited for elite sport training and London Olympics; its clinical results have been exploited in a range of acute/chronic conditions (e.g. orthopedics, diabetes, trauma, minimally invasive surgery). The consortium has also exploited many of the results commercially involving partnership with established companies as well as university spin-outs. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics,Healthcare,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
| Description | Executive committee (Excom) member - Hong Kong Automation Technology Council - Federation of Hong Kong Industries |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Dr Lo has been invited to be an Executive committee (Excom) member - Hong Kong Automation Technology Council - Federation of Hong Kong Industries, which provide advise on automation technology for Hong Kong industries. |
| URL | https://hkatc.industryhk.org/about-us/executive-committee/ |
| Description | MRes course |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Dr Lo has recently revising and updating a teaching module in our "MRes in Medical Robots and Image-Guided Intervention" at Imperial College to introduce the latest research in sensing for healthcare and wellbeing applications. |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/hamlyn-centre/mres-and-phd/ |
| Description | A miniaturised pervasive sensing device for monitoring total knee replacement patients |
| Amount | £66,868 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | II-3A-0409-10036 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 01/2011 |
| Description | A reflective photoplethysmographic plaster for monitoring soft tissue viability after free autologous tissue flap transfer |
| Amount | £34,098 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RDB04 79560 WSSS_P46143 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Department | NIHR Biomedical Research Centre |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Biomotion+ an ultra-miniaturised, low power motion sensing platform |
| Amount | £43,590 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | Care for Adaptive Living and Learning with Interactive Sensing for Children and Adults with Learning Difficulties |
| Amount | £96,800 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 11/2015 |
| Description | Connecting Assistive Solutions to Aspirations |
| Amount | £372,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 971384 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2014 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | Development and Application of Non-animal Technologies Feasibility Studies |
| Amount | £52,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 42979-311213 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 08/2015 |
| Description | Development of innovative imaging or other technologies to measure individuals' dietary intakes |
| Amount | $1,570,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1171395 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | Development of innovative imaging or other technologies to measure individuals' dietary intakes |
| Amount | $1,570,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1171395 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Description | Horizon Scan |
| Amount | $249,549 (USD) |
| Funding ID | OPP1127324 |
| Organisation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 06/2015 |
| End | 05/2016 |
| Description | Innovation Fund |
| Amount | £9,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2014 |
| End | 06/2015 |
| Description | Low-Cost Devices for Rehabilitation & Assistance |
| Amount | £18,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Research England Global Challenges Research Fund |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Mental Health Technologies - UK and China collaboration |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2017-RLWK9-11046, |
| Organisation | Newton Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Newton Fund Instituional Links |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 330760239 |
| Organisation | British Council |
| Department | British Council - Newton Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Newton Fund Instituional Links |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 330760239 |
| Organisation | Newton Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Smart Sensing for Surgery |
| Amount | £3,027,641 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/L014149/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | Towards supporting elderly home care with pervasive sensing and health analytics |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 527636592 |
| Organisation | Newton Fund |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Title | ActiveMiles mobile application for activity/health monitoring |
| Description | A mobile app that monitors users' activities (e.g. steps taken, distance walked/cycled/run, etc.) and food intake. The food intake is assessed using image recognition algorithms making it considerably more quantitative and reliable than other approaches, which typically rely on users keeping food diaries. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The app provides improved health / activity / food intake monitoring. It is also available to the general public to download and use for free via Google Play. At present, it has had 50+ downloads. |
| URL | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.imperial.activemilespro&hl=it |
| Title | Batteryless, wireless, implantable pH and lactate sensor |
| Description | We have developed a micro chemical sensing system that employs simultaneous detection of pH and lactate. The system is powered using inductive telemetry, which has been used to demonstrate effective, batteryless operation. Sensor readings can be carried out with smartphones and tablets equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) hardware, supporting remote powering of the sensor interfacing electronics and data readout. This indicates the potential of this device for implantable use. The pH and lactate sensors were electrochemically stable throughout our experiments and demonstrate good linearity in the biologically relevant ranges. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Batteryless, wireless chemical sensor suitable for use as an implanted medical device for physiological monitoring. |
| Title | Flexible/stretchable graphene-based sensors for strain, pressure, electrochemical, optical and impedance measurements, and acoustic signal generation |
| Description | Graphitic carbon-based sensors fabricated on flexible and stretchable polymeric substrates for a wide variety of sensing applications. These include: high sensitivity strain/pressure sensors for both wearable/implantable applications and electronic skin applications for robotics; electrochemical (potentiometric and amperometric) sensors for the detection of a wide range of clinically relevant analytes such as pH, Na+, K+, Lactate and glucose; electrical bioimpedance sensors optimised via finite element modelling; electrode structures for recording of electro-physiological signals (such as ECG, EEG and EMG) and delivery of stimulus pulses; optical sensors; and devices suitable for the generation of acoustic signals. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The above sensors are fabricated using a simple low-cost process enabling the realisation of all the above devices on a single substrate in a single embodiment to allow multi-parametric sensing approaches for holistic biomedical sensing. |
| Title | Implantable oxygen saturation and pulse sensor |
| Description | An implantable optical sensor that provides real-time measurements of tissue/blood oxygen saturation as well as pulse was developed. This device has a very small platform and is wirelessly powered using inductive telemetry making it suitable for use in an implantable or wearable manner in a wide range of diseases. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The wireless, implantable sensor will be suitable for monitoring of patient health on a large scale in a wide range of diseases. |
| Title | Methods for the production of graphitic carbon-based flexible/stretchable electronic structures on polymeric substrates |
| Description | Methods for the production of conductive structures on flexible/stretchable polymeric substrates for the fabrication of sensors and electronics. The approach is based on post-processing of graphitic carbon structures. It is low cost, simple, and provides high accuracy in the definition of geometries with a reduced number of steps (relative to alternative techniques) and without the use of additional chemical or photolithographic stages. This approach has a resolution limit of approx. 150 microns. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | A low cost simple method for the realisation of conductive structures. |
| Title | Microfluidic sweat sensor |
| Description | We report the development of a flexible microfluidic platform with fully integrated sensing for on-body testing of human sweat. The system can simultaneously and selectively measure metabolites (e.g. lactate) and electrolytes (e.g. pH, sodium) together with temperature for internal calibration. The platform is designed such that a continuous flow of sweat can pass through an array of flexible microneedle type sensors (50 µm diameter) incorporated into a microfluidic channel. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | A fully integrated sensor for continuous, simultaneous and selective measurement of sweat metabolites, electrolytes and temperature was realised using a flexible microfluidic platform. |
| Title | Rigid and flexible electrode structures with commercial PCB technologies for low-cost disposable sensing |
| Description | Fabrication of optimised electrode structures on rigid and flexible substrates using commercial PCB technologies for the realisation of electrical bioimpedance and electrochemical sensors. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This allows the realisation of both the sensors and the electronics on a single common substrate using high throughput commercial scale technologies, with the potential to reduce costs dramatically. This has been demonstrated though a device combining inductive telemetry, readout electronics and up to 8 PCB-based potentiometric sensors. |
| Title | Ultrasonic implantable sensor actuated by an external scanning probe |
| Description | Small factory form sensor employed for ultrasonic power harvesting inside soft tissue with the capability to measure physiological parameters such as pH, temperature, electrolyte concentration and biopotential. The sensor is actuated by an out-of-body scanning probe that is responsible for the generation of the acoustic pressure field around the implantable sensor and retrieving back the physiological data sent by the latter using a backscattering detection mechanism. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Operation from voltage levels as low as 0.8V - while consuming a total current of 60 microA - allows deployment of the sensor 4 cm deep inside the body, in opposition to sub-dermal implants powered by radio-frequency or magnetic fields. |
| Description | Adidas |
| Organisation | Adidas Group |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team investigated the use of using inertial motion sensor, radio technologies and bio-motion capture system for developing novel approaches for sports applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing sports supplies for research |
| Impact | This multidisciplinary research has brought experts from sports science, machine learning, system integration and BSN application developments together to develop new applications for sports |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | All Blacks, NZ |
| Organisation | All Blacks |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Developing the applications using inertial sensors and bio-motion capture system for the New Zealand rugby team |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sports science expertise |
| Impact | Developing the applications using inertial sensors and bio-motion capture system for the New Zealand rugby team |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Auckland University of Technology, NZ |
| Organisation | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborations |
| Impact | Academic collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Australian Institude of Sport |
| Organisation | Australian Government |
| Department | Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborations |
| Impact | Collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Australian Sports Commission |
| Organisation | Australian Government |
| Department | Australian Sports Comisson (ASC) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborations |
| Impact | Collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | BAE Systems |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team has showcased all the new technological development to the BAE Systems and identify the key findings and opportunities found in the programme. The ESPRIT team also worked closely with BAE systems in developing novel technologies for providing crucial information for athletes in sailing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kelvin Davies - Group Leader, Information Processing Team at BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre has been on the Research Steering Group of the ESPRIT programme since the beginning, and he provided invaluable inputs in setting research directions of the ESPRIT programme. In addition, funding was also provided from BAE System in supporting the development and research. |
| Impact | • British sailing, design and development of weather modelling systems led by BAE systems - 5 Olympic medals • Development of a motor driven eccentric ergometer for investigating loading for strength and power (£55k) funded by BAE Systems • Modelling and prediction of weather patterns for Weymouth Bay (£141k) funded by BAE Systems • Development of psychological visualisation tools to assist learning of new environments (£30k) funded by BAE Systems • Assessment of a new instrumented vest to allow effective scoring and tactics during competitive events (£21k) funded BAE Systems |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | BAE Systems |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As Kelvin Davies of BAE system serves as the member of the ESPRIT research steering committee, our team has invited the BAE system to showcase the latest developments in pervasive sensing technologies and also invited the BAE system to participate in sports focus workshops and events. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kelvin Davies of the BAE System serves as the member of the ESPRIT research steering committee and provided invaluable advises on the research directions of the ESPRIT programme. |
| Impact | From the advises given by the BAE systems, the ESPRIT programme has decided to focused on a number of sports exemplars and which helped the realizing impacts of the programme on sports. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | British Bobskeleton |
| Organisation | British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team investigated the use of pervasive sensing technologies in assessing the performance on young talented athletes in bob skeleton. In addition, the team also assessed the relevance of biochemical indices with performance and effect of warming up on sport outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association provided access to young talented and elite athletes in blobskeleton for the joint studies. |
| Impact | The multidisciplinary collaboration provided a unique opportunity for the biochemist and engineers of the ESPRIT team to work with the sport scientists and athletes of the Bobskeleton. It had led to new findings and helped the development on wearable devices for other sports applications. The warming up approach was adopted by the elite team, and British Bobskeleton got the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association |
| Organisation | British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association |
| Department | Talent Squad |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The team did a pilot study with British Bobskeleton prior to the Vancouver 2012 winter Olympic to assess the feasibility of using pervasive sensing technologies to improve training strategies for bobskeleton. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The talent squad team of British Bobskeleton worked closely with the Imperial team in identifying the relevant parameters and also helped run a pilot study on the feasibility of using wearable sensing technology for young talent athlete training. |
| Impact | A first ever pilot study on using pervasive sensing technology with Bobskeleton was conducted jointly in the result of this collaboration and interesting results were obtained highlighted that the technology could potentially help quantifying the skill of the athletes. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | British Cycling |
| Organisation | British Cycling |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team worked with the British Cycling on a few different aspect of applying pervasive technologies in performance training: * Performance focussed ankle and foot modelling in elite cycling - the research team identified key elements for optimising the design of foot wear which could enhance the overall performance of an elite cyclist. * Sensing socks - the ESPRIT team developed a new sensing socks which partly facilitated the foot modelling and new foot wear design. • Cycle ergometer - a new cycling ergometer was designed and developed by the team which enable simulation of different road conditions and capture of performance indices. * Preparation and training approaches - the ESPRIT team identified key preparation and training approaches which could enhance the performance |
| Collaborator Contribution | The sport scientists of British Cycling was working closely together with the ESPRIT team in designing and developing the technologies, and they also helped linked with the coaches and provided access to elite athletes and data. |
| Impact | This collaboration provided an opportunity of the ESPRIT engineers to work with the top sport scientists and coaches of British Cycling in developing novel technologies. The findings of the preparation was adopted by the team prior to the Games. The team had fantastic results in major international competitions that year - World champs and Olympic medal outcomes - 8 track medals, 3 road medals Olympics |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | British Olympic Association |
| Organisation | British Olympic Association |
| Department | Science and Research Unit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The research team worked closely with the BOA in developing pervasive sensing technologies for short-track ice-skating. A few prototypes were developed and trialed with the elite squads prior to the Vancouver 2012 Winter Olympic. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Sport scientists of the BOA team worked closely with the research team in identifying the relevant parameters and provided advises for the development of the prototypes. In addition, the sport scientists also helped in liaising with coaches and athletes in arranging trials on the developed prototypes. Furthermore, Dr. Marco Cardinale, the head of the BOA team, was also served as the member of the Research Steering Committee of the ESPRIT programme, and whom has provided invaluable advises on the programme and helped establish links with the sports |
| Impact | Promising results were obtained from the short-track skating trials as the result of this collaboration and it has also demonstrated the feasibility of using pervasive sensing technologies for elite sports training. Although the collaboration was ended as Dr. Cardinale and the team left BOA after London 2012, this collaboration has led to the new collaboration with Qatar ASPIRE where Dr. Cardinale is now the Head of Sports Physiology of Aspire Academy in Doha. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | British Rowing |
| Organisation | British Rowing |
| Department | Men, Women and Lightweights Squads |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We developed a number of pervasive sensing prototypes for trial with the athletes. One of the devices was the blackbox which capture the speed and stroke time for the elite athlete training aiming to improve their training towards London 2012 |
| Collaborator Contribution | British Rowing provided detailed requirements and advises on the regulations for using technologies for training and competitions. In addition, they also helped participating in a couple of trials of the sensing technologies. |
| Impact | The result of the collaboration has led to the development of the blackbox for rowing and the associated software, and the blackbox has later taken up by Sensixa Ltd (the imperial spun-off company) for commercializing the technology. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | British Swimming |
| Organisation | British Swimming |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team developed novel starting blocks and force mats for quantifying the starts and turns of the elite athletes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | British Swimming provided support on identifying key indices and provided access to the athletes for studies. |
| Impact | This interdisciplinary research collaboration brought sports scientists, engineers, and coaches together to develop the new technologies for swimming. The results of the joint development and studies had led to numerous academic publications, for example: Le Sage, T., Bindel, A., Conway, P.P., Justham, L.M., Slawson, S.E. and West, A.A., ''Development of a real time system for monitoring of swimming performance'', Procedia Engineering: The Engineering of Sport 8 - Engineering Emotion, 2(2), June 2010, pp 2707-2712, ISSN 1877 7058, DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.04.055 In addition, sports governing bodies, such as the Hong Kong Sport Institute expressed strong interests on the system. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | England 7's |
| Organisation | Rugby Football Union RFU |
| Department | England 7's |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team investigated the effect of travel and recovery on sports performance. Through working closely with the athletes and sport scientists of England 7s RFU, the ESPRIT team conducted numerous related study and identified some key relevant indices on performance |
| Collaborator Contribution | England 7s RFU provided access to athletes and coaches for the studies. |
| Impact | The finding of the effect of travel and recovery was adopted by the team, and England 7s RFU ranked 3rd ranked in the world during 2011-2012 series. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | English Institute of Sport |
| Organisation | English Institute of Sport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team worked closely with the sport scientists of EIS in designing and developing novel pervasive sensing technologies which could improve the sports training outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ken Van Someren - the Director of Sport Sciences at the English Institute of Sport was on the research steering group of the ESPRIT programme from the beginning until 2012. Throughout the programme, the EIS facilitated collaborative research with different sport teams, such as British Skeleton. In addition, the sport scientists of the EIS team worked closely with the ESPRIT team to help identifying challenges and opportunities in applying pervasive sensing technologies in different sports. |
| Impact | This collaboration enabled the multidisciplinary research between the engineers of the ESPRIT team to work with the sport scientists of the EIS. The collaboration led to numerous high impact publications, such as: Cook, C.J., Holdcroft, D., Drawer, S. Kilduff, L.P. (2013). Designing a warm-up protocol for elite bob-skeleton athletes. Int J Sports Physiol Perf. 8(2): 213-215. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | English Institute of Sport |
| Organisation | English Institute of Sport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The research team worked closely with the Sport scientists of the EIS team in identifying the requirements and needs on pervasive sensing technologies for bobskeleton and other sports, and developed novel technologies for sports. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The sport scientists of EIS team provided advises on the requirements and relevant parameters for sports and helped arrange pilot studies and establish collaborations with other sports governing bodies. |
| Impact | As the results of this collaboration, new novel sensing technologies have been developed for sports and also new partnerships and collaborations have been established |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | GB Boxing |
| Organisation | English Institute of Sport |
| Department | British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Studies on boxing to improve performance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Boxing team and coach |
| Impact | Studies on boxing to improve performance |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GB Canoe/Kayak |
| Organisation | British Canoeing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | • British canoeing, design and development of a field based diagnostics system through integrated sensor platforms in partnership with McLaren - 4 Olympic medals |
| Collaborator Contribution | • British canoeing, design and development of a field based diagnostics system through integrated sensor platforms in partnership with McLaren - 4 Olympic medals |
| Impact | • British canoeing, design and development of a field based diagnostics system through integrated sensor platforms in partnership with McLaren - 4 Olympic medals |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GB Gymnastics |
| Organisation | GB Gymnastics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Studies on gymnastics to improve performance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Gymnastic team and coach |
| Impact | Studies on gymnastics to improve performance |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GB Hockey |
| Organisation | GB Hockey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team analysed the sensing data collected on the teams and identified some key indices on training preparation and recovery which could lead to better outcomes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | British Hockey provided access for the ESPRIT team to work with the athletes and coaches in the studies, and provided access to long term athlete data. |
| Impact | The results of this collaboration had led to new approaches in training preparation and recovery, and which helped the British field hockey team obtained very good results in international competitions - 4th ranked in the world and Olympic medal outcome - bronze medal for females |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GB Taekwondo |
| Organisation | GB Taekwondo |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Studies on Taekwondo movement |
| Collaborator Contribution | British Taekwondo team and coach |
| Impact | Studies on Taekwondo movement |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | GB Wheelchair Basketball |
| Organisation | British Wheelchair Basketball |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Developed a miniaturised inertial sensor wheelchair device which can be clipped on the wheels and be able to capture sports performance indices, such as speed, acceleration, position, etc. The ESPRIT research team had validated the sense and trials with the athletes from GB Wheelchair basketball |
| Collaborator Contribution | The GB Wheelchair basketball provided invaluable inputs on identifying key indices for sports performance on the wheelchair sports, and also support the ESPRIT team in the study by providing accesses to athletes and coaches. |
| Impact | The outcome of this multi-disciplinary research has led to the introduction of a new miniaturised device which attract much interests in sports and industries. By working closely with sports scientists, biomechanics, coaches, the engineers develop a novel system for can be easily installed in conventional wheelchairs, and it led to a journal publication: J. Pansiot, Z. Zhang, B. Lo and G.Z. Yang, "WISDOM: wheelchair inertial sensors for displacement and orientation monitoring", IOP Journal on Measurement Science and Technology, 22 (10) 105801, Oct 2011. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | GB Wheelchair Basketball |
| Organisation | British Wheelchair Basketball |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Impact | Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | HK ASTRI |
| Organisation | Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have led the design of the ultra-low power Mixed signal ASIC jointly developed with HK ASTRI. Despite leading the design of the overall architecture of the ASIC, we have also designed the a novel Analog front end for the ASIC, and developed applications around this ASIC. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The HK ASTRI team has worked closely with the Imperial team in the designing the digital interfaces, power managements, ASIC layout and fabricated the ASIC for the ESPRIT project. |
| Impact | This multi-disciplinary collaboration has brought in experts from analog and digital ASIC design, machine learning, system integration and BSN application developments together to develop the new ultra-low power ASIC for BSN applications. Two versions of the ASICs have been fabricated and the third version will be fabricated in early 2015. Despite successfully developed a new working ASIC for BSN, novel concepts have been implemented in the new design and results have been published in peer review conferences and journals. In addition, new devices for patient monitoring are being developed taking the advantage of this low power ASIC. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Holst Centre and Phillips |
| Organisation | Holst Centre and Phillips, Holland |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Impact | Academic collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | IMEC Belgium |
| Organisation | Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Centre |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Impact | Academic collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust |
| Organisation | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team worked closely with consultants and clinical academics in translating the ESPRIT technologies for clinical applications. For instance, the wearable biomotion was translated for orthopaedic application, the miniaturised PPG sensor was translated for free flap monitoring, and the ear worn activity recognition sensor was translated for energy expenditure and gait analysis for patients with diabetes, COPD, and post orthopaedic operations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | • Professor Justin Cobb (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon - Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust) - Gait assessment of orthopaedic patients - hip/knee replacement, knee ligament injuries, osteoarthritis • Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy (Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Trauma Surgeon, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust) - post-operative assessment and rehabilitation of lower limb trauma patients • Dr Nick Hopkinson (Consultant Respiratory Physician, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust) - Pulmonary Rehabilitation and early detection of exacerbations of COPD • Professor Christopher Mathias (Consultant Neurology Physician, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust and University College London) • Professor Gary Frost (Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust) - predicting energy expenditure and monitoring food intake with smart sensors |
| Impact | The partnerships have enabled the development and translation of novel pervasive technologies which could potentially transform the patient care from reactive care to potentially preventative care. Numerous high impact publications were resulted from this collaboration, such as: D. Jarchi, C. Wong, R. M. Kwasnicki, B. Heller, G. A. Tew and G.Z. Yang, "Gait parameter estimation from a miniaturized ear-worn sensor using singular spectrum analysis and longest common subsequence", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol:61, Pages:1261-1273, April 2014. R. M. Kwasnicki, S. Hettiaratchy, D. Jarchi, J. Simmons, M. Wordsworth, N. Craig, G.Z. Yang and A. Darzi, "Assessing Functional Mobility After Lower Limb Reconstruction: a Psychometric Evaluation of a Sensor-Based Mobility Score", ISSN:0003-4932, Annals of Surgery 2014 |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Laboratory for Government Chemists |
| Organisation | Laboratory of the Government Chemist (LGC) Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Jointly develop the multiplex assay formats for monitoring stress |
| Collaborator Contribution | Funding (£300k) was provided by Laboratory for Government Chemists to support the development. |
| Impact | Multiplex assay formats was developed for pervasive monitoring of stress. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Lawn Tennis Association |
| Organisation | Lawn Tennis Association |
| Department | Sports Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The team developed a number of novel pervasive sensing devices for quantifying the training for elite tennis players. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The LTA provided guidance in developing the technologies for tennis training and also arranged athlete trials on the sensing technologies. |
| Impact | The collaboration led to the development of a few novel sensing devices and also publications in international conferences, and one of the publication was awarded the best paper in the conference. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | Leuven University, Belgium |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | All our research projects under the ESPRIT program were reviewed by the monthly RAB meetings, where Prof. Daniel Berckmans has been a member for the past 5 years. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof. Daniel Berckmans has been a member of the ESPRIT advisory board for the last 5 years. His suggestions, comments and visions have helped the ESPRIT program run smoothly. |
| Impact | This collaboration has led to the current joint effort on developing a couple of new H2020 grants aiming to investigate the use of pervasive sensing technologies for stress analysis on drivers and use the technologies for monitoring the wellbeing of farm animals. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | McLaren Applied Technology |
| Organisation | McLaren Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Imperial team has done a couple of investigative studies for McLaren and for assessing the possibilities of collaborative research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr. Caroline Hargrove of McLaren Applied Technologies Ltd. is one of the Research Steering Committee member of the ESPRIT programme and provide invaluable advices on research directions of the programme. In addition, McLaren has also sponsored a student to Master of Research programme last year. |
| Impact | Dr. Hargrove has provided invaluable advices on the research direction of the ESPRIT programme, and the collaboration has led to a MRes studentship. The MRes studentship has also led to a joint publication and possible further publications. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | NPL |
| Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team assess some of the new smart textile technologies developed by NPL and provided suggestions on potential applications of the new materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | NPL provided samples of their new smart sensing textile. |
| Impact | This collaboration has led to new research initiative in terms of using novel material of printing sensors on flexible materials. |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Northumbria University |
| Organisation | Northumbria University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaboration |
| Impact | Academic collaboration |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Royal Brompton Hospital |
| Organisation | Royal Brompton Hospital |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Worked together to investigate the use eAR sensor for continuous monitoring the condition of COPD patients, and novel machine learning approaches were developed for estimating the energy expenditure from the ear worn sensor. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team at the Brompton hospital helped in recruiteing patients, and provided the clinical interpretation on the collected information. |
| Impact | This multi-disciplinary collaboration has enabled the publication of several journal papers, and one of them have been selected as TBME's monthly highlight. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Rutherford Appleton Laboratories |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team has worked closely with RAL team on developing a novel micro needle array. In particular, the ESPRIT team provided expertise in designing sensing elements for the micro needle array and identifying potential applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Rutherford Appleton Laboratories provided expertise and inputs on micro needle sensing array fabrication. |
| Impact | A pervasive sensor based on the microneedle array was developed with the aim of continuous monitoring for athlete performance. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Scottish Rugby Union |
| Organisation | Scottish Rugby Union |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Development of hormonal and metabolic stress-test models to predict match performance. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Scottish Rugby Union provided £5k funding to support the development work, and also provided access to coaches and athletes for the studies. |
| Impact | The multidisciplinary collaboration between the sports scientists, biochemists, and coaches had led to new findings which better our understanding on the relevance of biochemical indices on sports performance. In addition, it has led to a number of journal publications, such as: Cunningham, DJ., DJ. West, NJ. Owen, DA. Shearer, CV. Finn, RM. Bracken, BT. Crewther, P, Scott, CJ. Cook and LP. Kilduff (2013). Strength and power predictors of sprinting performance in professional rugby players. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 53(2), 105-111. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Organisation | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Working together on gait analysis, including data collection and analysis. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Working together on gait analysis, including data collection and analysis. |
| Impact | Several journal papers have been published due to this multi-disciplinary collaboration |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Southampton University |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team introduced the BSN platform and pervasive sensing technologies to the Southampton team, and also worked jointly with the Southampton team in developing new technologies for detailed biomechanical analysis for swimming. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Southampton team developed a wearable system for capturing elite swimmer's movements and which can link to a simulator for detailed biomechanical analysis. |
| Impact | A prototype system was successfully developed and trailed with professional althetes. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Swansea University |
| Organisation | Swansea University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ESPRIT team worked closely with the Swansea team in defining requirements and identifying new biochemical markers for sports performance analysis. In addition, the ESPRIT team also conducted the user and athlete trials to validate the hypothesis and approaches. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Swansea team provided expertise in the biochemical analysis as well as lab support for conducting the research. |
| Impact | This multi-disciplinary research collaboration, which involved sports scientists and biochemists, has generated a dozen of high quality journal paper in world leading journals. For example: B.T. Crewther, L.P. Kilduff, C.J. Cook, D.J. Cunningham, P Bunce, R.M. Bracken, C.M. Gaviglio (2012). Relationships between free testosterone and the expression of force and power in elite athletes. J Sport Med Phys Fit. 52 (1-2), 1-7 |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Te Awamutu Rugby Club, NZ |
| Organisation | Te Awamutu Rugby Sports & Recreation Club |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Studies on Rugby movement to improve performance |
| Collaborator Contribution | Rugby team and coach |
| Impact | Studies on Rugby movement to improve performance |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Tyndall National Institute |
| Organisation | University College Cork |
| Department | Tyndall National Institute |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The possibility of using novel fabrication technologies for further sensor miniaturization was investigated jointly between the research team and the team at the Tyndall National institute. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Tyndall National Institute advised the research team on possible fabrication technologies which could enable the development of novel pervasive sensors for sports and well-being applications. |
| Impact | Through the collaboration, new directions on sensor fabrication were identified. Although no impact was generated from this collaboration yet, the collaboration has led to discussion on potential collaborative EU research projects. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | UK Athletics - Wheelchair racing |
| Organisation | UK Athletics Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | • Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Collaborator Contribution | • Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Impact | • Intra-push profiles of wheelchair propulsion to quantify training load using BSN node |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | UK Sport |
| Organisation | UK Sport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The work on the wearable devices led to the inspiration and concepts for successful wearable on body sensors and later development of a sweat sensor. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of wireless knowhow and electronic signal processing. |
| Impact | Conference paper: Wearable Electronic Sensor for Potentiometric and Amperometric Measurements |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | University College London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Worked on the gait analysis and derived gait parameters using the eAR sensor for Parkinson patients. The ESPRIT team has also conducted joint gait data collection with UCL on capturing key biomechanics indices of Parkinson patients. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided the gait parameter gold standards, and explored what the gait parameters represented for the Parkinson patients. |
| Impact | The outcomes includes 2 journal papers plus several conference papers together. For instance: D. Jarchi, C. Wong, R. M. Kwasnicki, B. Heller, G. A. Tew and G.Z. Yang, "Gait parameter estimation from a miniaturized ear-worn sensor using singular spectrum analysis and longest common subsequence", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol:61, Pages:1261-1273, April 2014. We are also working together for future grants. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | University of Queensland |
| Organisation | University of Queensland |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaboration |
| Impact | Academic collaboration |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| Description | Waikato University, NZ |
| Organisation | University of Waikato |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic Collaboration |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic Collaboration |
| Impact | Academic Collaboration |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Wakefield College |
| Organisation | Wakefield College |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The research team collaborate with the Wakefield College in determining the effects of competition and training on key psychophysiological parameters over a long period of time. In particular, to: - Tack the physical performance of each athletic group on a weekly basis - Assess the ability of the free hormones for predicting training performance - Assess the weekly effects of competition and/or training on free hormones - Evaluate the subjective ratings as monitoring tools |
| Collaborator Contribution | Wakefield college provided invaluable inputs in the research in terms of identifying the key factors and also contributed by providing the athletes data for the research. |
| Impact | This collaborative research has led to new findings on the effects of psychophysiological parameters on physical performance and has led to further research in this area. This multi-disciplinary research collaboration involved sports scientists, biochemists, computing scientists and engineers. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Wakefield Wildcats |
| Organisation | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The team had worked closely with the rugby team to find precisely how elite athletes achieve their best level of performance on a consistent basis using pervasive sensing technologies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The rugby team had contributed by advising the research team on relevant performance matrices, provided access to coaches and athletes, and facilitated the data collections with elite athletes. |
| Impact | This research collaboration had helped the Wakefield Wildcats to better understand of the players' responses to load sessions and best prepared their team for the Super League game based on the players recovery. This multi-disciplinary research collaboration involved sports scientists, biochemists, computing scientists and engineers. |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | West Ham United |
| Organisation | West Ham United F.C. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Studies on football movement and after-game training |
| Collaborator Contribution | Football team and coach |
| Impact | Studies on football movement and after-game training |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | West of Scotland University |
| Organisation | Western University |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Collaborator Contribution | Academic collaborations |
| Impact | Academic collaborations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Title | A SEWING DEVICE |
| Description | The patent discloses a surgical apparatus for the intracorporal suturing procedure. The device is a suturing probe which can manipulate a semicircle double pointed needle to perform suturing. The suturing thread is attached to the middle of the needle. The device has two movable jaws which can alternatively hold one end of the needle. One of the jaws holds the needle and drives it to pierce through the tissue. When the needle tip comes out from the tissue, the needle enters the channel of the second jaw. The locking mechanism in the first jaw releases the needle and the other jaw will grasp and retrieve the needle. Then the thread is left inside the tissue and one stitch is finished. The procedure is repeated until the wound is completely closed. During the piercing process, the needle is rotated around its geometrical centre by the jaw; this feature can guarantee a minimal tearing force on the tissue, avoiding the damage caused by the lateral movement of needle tip. When the probe is inserted into a surgical port, its jaws are closed with needle locked to one jaw. Later, the jaws are open to perform stitching. This feature enables it to go through a relative small surgical port without damage to the port. The suturing probe only requires simple driving mechanism at proximal end, so an adaptor can be designed to connect the suturing tool and its driving unit, making the tool disposable. The suturing probe has two versions. They can be mounted on the tip of a long rigid shaft and flexible joints respectively. Although the two versions have similar needle driving design based on slider-crank mechanism, their needle locking mechanisms are different. For the rigid one, the needle locking and driving mechanism are actuated by using rigid linages and nitinol flat springs, which makes it work accurately and robustly. For the flexible one, the needle locking and driving mechanism is actuated by using a tendon driven mechanism, making it possible to adapt to a flexible joint structure. |
| IP Reference | GB1720496.7 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | The device is designed for rapidly applying stitches for sewing personalized stent graft. The device can also be used for automatic surgical suturing in minimally invasive surgery. |
| Title | A joint |
| Description | A bendable portion, also called a flexible joint, which is arranged at the distal end of a flexible surgical device is disclosed. Its application includes flexible endoscope or other flexible operative instruments for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). This design is a combination of rigid and compliant mechanisms. It has the advantages of accurately controllable, monolithically manufactured and easily assembled. A basic embodiment of the flexible joint section resembles a helical spring bended by pulling tendons routed through the channels passing axially of the spring. Since the helical spring represents an assembly of infinite number of flexural points, it is difficult to control reliably. To limit the number of DOF and increase axial stiffness, rolling contact joints are added at each pitch segment of the spring. Two antagonized tendons are routed 90o apart from the rolling contact joint in radically direction. Therefore, the flexible joint is constrained to only planar movement without unwanted axial compression. The aforementioned design could have many variations, e.g. the spring structure could either be single or double helix. Multiple flexible joint could be combined to achieve spatial bending and S-shape bending. |
| IP Reference | GB1812622.7 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | This invention could be used for developing flexible endoscope and other flexible surgical devices. |
| Title | Care-for-all system |
| Description | Use of wearable technologies couple with mobile application for the care of children with learning disabilities. |
| IP Reference | GB1511483.8 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | New research direction has been form to pursue the research and new device prototypes have been developed |
| Title | Multiple PPG Sensing Platform |
| Description | A novel approach to quantify peripheral vascular circulation using PPG. |
| IP Reference | GB1509792.6 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | This new approach has led to new student research projects and a number of publications. A new sensing platform is being developed for enabling clinical studies. |
| Title | Diabetic Neuropathy Trial in Shanghai |
| Description | ear worn activity recognition sensor for detecting abnormal gait for patients with diabetic neurpathy |
| Type | Diagnostic Tool - Non-Imaging |
| Current Stage Of Development | Early clinical assessment |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2012 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Impact | This is a first substantial patient trial of using the wearable sensor for assessing diabetic neuropathy. This low cost sensor can enable long term analysis and facilitate early intervention. |
| Title | Spectroscopy for blood perfusion monitoring |
| Description | This is a lightweight and miniaturised optical based sensor which can capture the subcutaneous blood perfusion. |
| Type | Diagnostic Tool - Non-Imaging |
| Current Stage Of Development | Initial development |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2016 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Impact | This low cost miniaturised sensor will enable continuous monitoring of tissue flap after surgery providing crucial information to surgeons in detecting early sign of flap failure. |
| Title | Spectroscopy for blood perfusion monitoring |
| Description | This medical device has been designed and developed by The Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College London. It measures different biological parameters like oxygen level in the skin. The ICL StO2 uses optical sensors to capture the small skin colour changes with blood flow. This technique is already been used in laboratories. The ICL StO2 is a much smaller and less costly alternative to current devices used in hospitals. It was developed to meet the needs of both patients and the clinical team for continuous follow up of tissue health. For reconstructive surgery, the ICL StO2 could help assessing whether or not additional surgery is needed according to the oxygen level measured on the targeted tissue. Other applications include continuous blood perfusion or blood flow monitoring (diabetes for example). |
| Type | Management of Diseases and Conditions |
| Current Stage Of Development | Early clinical assessment |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2016 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Clinical Trial? | Yes |
| UKCRN/ISCTN Identifier | IRAS 195717 |
| Impact | The outcome of the development has led to a number of conference and journal publications. It has also attracted much interests from clinical communities. |
| Company Name | Sensixa Ltd. |
| Description | Sensixa Ltd is a spun-off company from The Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London. The company was established in 2006 to manage the IP and commercialize the research outcome from the Pervasive Sensing group of the Hamlyn Centre. With extensive experience in wireless wearable sensors and pattern recognition, a range of novel sensing devices and systems has been developed for healthcare, wellbeing, sports and gaming. One exemplar is the e-AR (ear-worn Activity Recognition) sensor, which uses a novel bio-inspired design and has been awarded the Bluetooth Innovator of the Year. In addition to sensing devices, Sensixa also provides backend services, such as real-time database, data analytics and pattern mining, and graphical user interfaces for enabling the versatile applications of pervasive sensing. The company is based in London and has a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong, overseeing production and manufacturing of the hardware platforms. Since its establishments, Sensixa products have been sold to more than 40 major research centres worldwide, including MIT, Berkeley, Philips and Qualcomm. |
| Year Established | 2006 |
| Impact | The company has received many awards, such as Bluetooth Innovator of the Year - Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2010, Health Care Winner - Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2010, IET Innovation Award 2010 - finalist in healthcare technologies. It also holds a few key patents, such as Pervasive Sensing - Patent PCT/GB2007/003861, PPG sensor - Patent GB 0705033.9, Gait analysis - Patent PCT/GB07/000358, Spatial temporal self-organising maps - Patent PCT/GB06/000948 |
| Description | "@bodyyouknow" - a Twitter account used for outreach purposes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Twitter account is used to advertise the outreach and engagement activities of the research group in the area of implantable/wearable sensors. It was first used in the summer of 2015 to coincide with the group's participation in the 2015 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and the release of the bodyyouknow.org website. We continue to use it to engage with lay audiences and to raise awareness about the Hamlyn Centre's engagement/outreach activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/bodyyouknow |
| Description | BSN2012 Conference - Royal Geographical Society, London, May 9-12, 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Centre hosted the annual International Body Sensor Networks Conference (BSN 2012). In addition to presenting our research papers on the latest research outcome of ESPRIT project, the team had exhibited and demonstrated the working prototypes during the conference. The talks, exhibit and demos attracted significant interests from academics, researchers, industrial professionals and healthcare practitioners who attended the conference. It led to discussions on potential industrial and academic collaborations. The conference and especially the ESPRIT research demos had led to increasing interests in pervasive sensing technologies in sports, and since then sports applications have become one of the key area of interests of all subsequent BSN conferences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2012.org |
| Description | BSN2013 at ETH Zurich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The talks, tutorials and presentations were well received. The new BSN book and the new BSN platform had attracted much interests from other researchers in the field and led to discussions and collaborative activities afterwards. One of the papers presented at the conference was nominated for best paper award and led to a journal publication subsequently. In addition, the talks and presentations at the conference had led to number of collaborative initiatives, such as a few invitations to join EU project consortium, co-organised special issues in international journals, and subsequent invited talks in workshops and conferences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2014.org/ |
| Description | Body Sensor Networks Hackathon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Lo jointly with Intel organised the first BSN Hackathon in conjunction with the BSN 2015 conference at the MIT Media Lab. The event was organised to showcase some of the latest research in BSN and allow the participants to form teams to build new BSN applications using new Intel hardware platforms. An international panel of judges was form, and awards were given to the outstanding teams . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2015.org/ |
| Description | Chair in Biosensors Conference 2016, Stream 3I: Infectious disease detection & aptasensors, Dr Salzitsa Anastasova |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Anastasova chaired the above session in the 2016 Biosensors conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Challenges and Opportunities in IoT Enabled Health and Wellbeing, Smart IoT London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In conjunction with the Smart IoT London exhibition, this workshop attracted much interests from the industries and led to further discussion on possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference poster presentation, "Tissue Imaging with Laser Assisted Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LA-REIMS)," Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Lab conference, 2017, (Authors: Haixing Wang, Vincen Wu, Zsolt Bodai, Burak Temelkuran, Guang-Zhong Yang, Zoltan Takats) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation at the "Mass Spectrometry: Applications to the Clinical Lab" conference, Palm Springs, USA, January 2017. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Conference poster presentation, "Towards optical fibre based Raman spectroscopy for the detection of surgical site infection," Biomedical Optics Symposium, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, February 2016, (Authors: Alex J. Thompson, Lukasz Koziej, Huw D. Williams, Daniel S. Elson, Guang-Zhong Yang) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference poster presentation for the conference paper of the same name. Presented at Biomedical Optics Symposium (BiOS), SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, USA in February 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Demonstration of implatable device at International Trial Day; Barts Health NHS TRust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interest genrated in new methods of diabetes monitoring Nursing professionals had better understanding of monitoring technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | ESPRIT 2012 annual conference at the Natural History Museum 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The talks and demos from the ESPRIT team attracted much interests not only from the sports professionals, but many clinicians and healthcare professionals who attended the conference expressed great interests in the technologies and the conference had led to detailed discussions on collaborative work, especially on transnational research for clinical applications. The conference had led to new collaborative research and partnerships. For instance, new collaborative work on developing flexible sensor for free flap monitoring was the result on a discussion during the conference, and which had led to a new grant funding from BRC on developing the technology for clinical translation. In addition, following the conference, a formal partnership was formed between the Hamlyn Centre and Intel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | ESPRIT Annual Conference 2010, Henry Ford College, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Oct 8, 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ESPTIT team organised and presented at the ESPRIT Annual Conference 2010, Henry Ford College, Loughborough University, Loughborough. The team presented the latest developments of the project and demonstrated the prototypes to the sports scientists, coaches, academics, industrial leaders, and clinicians who attended the conference. In addition to the conference, a few focus workshops were also organised in parallel to discuss topics on paralympic sports, sports medicine, talent trainability challenge, and workload and technologies challenge. The conference and workshops initiated and facilitated discussions on the multidisciplinary research topics on sensing and sports. Apart from identifying and clarifying the research directions among the research teams in the ESPRIT programme, the conference helped initiated many discussions and triggered a number of new collaborations. One example was the ESPRIT team's collaboration with British Sailing on new approach on accurate boat position training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | ESPRIT Pervasive Sensing Exhibition at the Science Museum 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The exhibit was very popular and many visitors of the museum took part in the interactive Q&A of the exhibit. The exhibit attracted much media and general interests in the pervasive sensing work from the ESPRIT team, and which has led to subsequent enquiries and media coverage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | ESPRIT Workshop on Sports Data Modelling 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Following the presentations from the ESPRIT teams and the collaborative partners, an in depth and fruitful discussion was carried out, and topics include current challenges in data modelling, potential technological solutions, applications, commercial exploitation, etc., were raised and discussed during and after the workshop. The workshop had led to new collaborative research initiative with industrial partners and sports governing bodies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | ESPRIT Workshop: Pervasive Sensing for Food Intake and Energy Expenditure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop has led to new joint projects and research in addressing the need in the field. The workshop stimulated discussions in the patient need and potential impacts on pervasive sensing technologies in promoting active lifestyle as a preventative approach in addressing the obesity issue. Joint studies have been conducted as the result of this workshop and results have been published in international conferences and leading journals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | ESPRIT at Life Sciences and Healthcare Event at City Hall 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A Question and Answer session revealed considerable interest in the ESPRIT programme from an audience of international business representatives and academics. A number of follow-up meetings took place in weeks after the event which showed the Hamlyn Centre and its collaborators played a key role in building a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org/ |
| Description | ESPRIT to Help Deliver the Digital Experience at London 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The summit enabled to share lessons learned and best practice approaches as well as recommendations for future events and large scale projects, and which triggered interesting discussions among the audiences. The talk had led to much interests from the industries and general public in pervasive sensing, especially on how it could potential be applied in Olympic as well as Paralympic sports. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org/ |
| Description | Exhibited at the ESPRIT Project Launch Event, the Royal Society, London, Oct 28, 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The ESPRIT team organised the Project Launch Event at the Royal Society invited all the stakeholders in performance sports, academic and industrial institutions to introduce the programme and discuss how the programme could lead to impacts in sports and healthcare. The event sparked questions about the programme and its directions and led to detailed discussions which help define the research directions of the programme. The event was well attended with renowned experts from different disciplines, and the discussions had helped the ESPRIT team in setting the key research directions of the programme and the facilitated the discussions which led to collaborations with sports and other research institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | Exhibited at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The exhibition generated many interests and questions, and led to fruitful discussions with other attendees from the mobile industry. The Mobile World Congress is one of the largest exhibitions in the mobile industry. Our exhibit attracted extensive interests from the attendees from the mobile industry, and many expressed that exhibit was very inspirational as they hadn't come across the pervasive sensing technologies before and the surprised to find out how the technologies could help training athletes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_World_Congress |
| Description | Former Prime Minister Tony Blair Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The former Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Imperial College and toured the Hamlyn Centre for Robotics, viewing demonstrations of surgical robots, 3D printed microrobotic tools and augmented reality technology for medical imaging. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/187036/former-pm-supports-lord-darzi-report/ |
| Description | Friends of Imperial Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Centre participated in the programme of "Friends of Imperial Visit" as one of visit destinations. Our research teams demonstrated the latest research result to the "Friends of Imperial Visit" participants and answered their questions regarding the works. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.friendsofimperial.org.uk/Media/Documents/Current_Programme.pdf |
| Description | Global Business Summit on Advances in Assistive Medical Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The talked was well received and led to further discussions with the government officials and industrial leaders, and led to new academic as well as industrial collaborations. The talk has stimulated further discussions with the policy makers, funding bodies and industries. It has led to more involvements in advising the research funding bodies in supporting assistive medical technologies research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-opportunities-for-british-business-highlighted-as-paralympic... |
| Description | Hamlyn Centre Official Twitter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Centre Official Twitter account aims to reach out all types of audiences for demonstrating our research progress and result, promoting our events and sharing relevant information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/ICLHamlynRobots |
| Description | Hamlyn Centre Summer School on High Performance Computing for Medical Imaging, Sensing and Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Lo co-organised the Summer School, and the focus of the summer school was to introduce the concept of high performance computing for robotics, medical imagining and sensing applications. The Summer school was co-organised and sponsored by Intel. A number of leading experts in the field were invited to give lectures to the attendees. Very positive comments were received from the attendees after the event, and many of them expressed their interests in this new field and intended to introduce on the HPC approach their learnt during the school into their research. The successful summer school had strengthen the linkage with Intel and which has led to many subsequent joint events, including the upcoming Hamlyn Summer School starting this July. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://hamlyn.doc.ic.ac.uk/rob/summerschool/index.htm |
| Description | Imperial MedTech Links - Wearables, Behaviour and Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Many attendees from the Industry attended this event and led to further discussion on possible collaboratino |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Imperial West Launch Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Imperial West Launch Event was organised by Imperial College on Mar 6 2013, to launch its new Imperial West campus. The ESPRIT team were invited to exhibit and demonstrate our work. It was a high profile event attended by government officials, media and funding bodies. Apart from external participants, the events were attended by faculty and college management teams, and the demonstration attracted many external and internal attendees and many enquired about the project and the technologies. A discussion with an academic from another department during the event led to potential collaborative project on using pervasive sensing for capturing motion parameters for surgical training analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.friendsofimperial.org.uk/FOIC-Index.php?pg=FullEvent&from=Past-Events&yr=12&ev=115 |
| Description | Interview with RSC journal: Chemistry World |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Provided information to a review of the field Clarified possibilities with biosensors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Invited Talk at the University of Portsmouth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Benny Lo was invited to give a talk at the Universe of Portsmouth on "Wearable Sensing and IoT for Health". The talk was well attended with post-graduate, undergraduate students, researchers and academic staffs. It sparks many questions and discussions on the challenges and opportunities in IoT for Health |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited Talk- Prof Itaru Kitahara: 3D-CG Virtual Surgical Operation in University of Tsukuba |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Our senior research fellow Dr Matina Giannarou invited Prof. Itaru Kitahara to share the experience about "3D-CG Virtual Surgical Operation in University of Tsukuba" with our researchers in the Hamlyn Centre. Prof. Itaru Kitahara is leading the Virtual Surgery research project at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and his research focuses on Computer Vision and Mixed Reality. During the talk, he not only introduced "3D CG Virtual Surgery", which aims to realise a navigation system of surgical operation using Computer Vision and AR/VR techniques, but also presented the collaboration between their research team and the medical doctors in our university regarding 3D CG Virtual Surgery. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/ICLHamlynRobots/status/1102943972790542336 |
| Description | Invited Talk- Prof Jackrit Suthakorn: the past, present and future of the BART LAB |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Jackrit Suthakorn, the BART LAB executive director and the department chair of Department of Biomedical Engineering at Mahidol University, visited the Hamlyn Centre on Monday 25th January 2019. He gave a talk regarding the development of the BART LAB as well as their current research areas and progress in robotics for extreme environment as well as rehabilitation to the Hamlyn Centre researchers and members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited talk at the Shandong Sport University, China |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Lo was invited to talk about his work on "Smart Sensing Technology for Sports and Wellbeing" and introduced the project work. The event was well attended by the students of the university and the staffs and students found the work of interested and would like to collaborate with the research team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Invited talk at the Workshop at BSN2013 at MIT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | We were invited to give a talk at the Workshop on Automated Sensor Based Mobility Analysis for Prevention and Disease Treatment in conjunction with the BSN2013 conference, at MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 6 2013 The workshop was well attended with over 50 attendees from industries and academia, and mainly from the US. The talk led to collaboration between the team and the workshop organiser on future events and journal special issue. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2013.org |
| Description | Keynote speech at IFMBE ICHI 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Yang was invited to give a key note speech at the IFMBE International Conference on Health Informatics, Vilamoura Portugal, Nov 7-9 2013, and the talked inspired a few discussions on the topic on Body Sensor Networks and how it is related to health informatics. The talk was well received and facilitated a number of follow up discussions on collaborations with other research groups. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ichi2013.org/Abstracts/GuangZhongYang.aspx |
| Description | Keynote speech at the CIMTEC 2012, Montecatini Terme, Italy, Jun 10-14, 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The speech was well received and overwhelming number of questions were raised after the talk, and which led to in depth discussions with a few interested academics and researchers at the conference. After the talk, a couple of academics from other institutions expressed interests in visiting our lab and it also led to some discussions on collaborating on research grant applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://old.cimtec-congress.org/2012/ |
| Description | Minister of State for Immigration Caroline Nokes MP and Cancer Research UK Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Caroline Nokes MP, Minister of State for Immigration, visited Imperial in October 2018 and took a tour of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery. She was joined by representatives of Cancer Research UK and our college president Alice Gast. During the visit, Caroline Nokes was shown some of our latest robot technology in medicine, developments which have enabled healthcare professionals to conduct smarter operations with higher precision. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/188691/immigration-minister-sees-benefits-internationalism-imperial/ |
| Description | Organised the ESPRIT Biosensing Workshop - UK Sport, London, Mar 15, 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ESPRIT team organised the ESPRIT Biosensing Workshop with UK sport. In addition to presenting the novel biosensing technologies being developed under the program, other leading researchers were invited to talk about the state of the art biosensing technologies and its applications in professional sports. The workshop initiated detailed discussions among the attendees on how the technologies could potentially be used to improve sports performance. This workshop raised the sport scientists understanding of pervasive sensing technologies and the potential research could be conducted with UK Sports team using the technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | Organised the ESPRIT Rowing Workshop - British Rowing, London, Jan 31, 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The ESPRIT team organised the ESPRIT Rowing Workshop at British Rowing, London, Jan 31, 2011, and invited all the leading experts in technologies for rowing. Apart from presenting and discussing the state of the art technologies for elite rowing athlete training, the workshop was organised with a joint discussion session inviting the rowing coaches and sports scientists to discuss with the research teams on how technologies could potentially lead to performance improvements, and outlining some key directions of research. This workshop discussed the potential research directions to apply pervasive sensing technologies for rowing. The workshop had led to collaborative research and studies between the ESPRIT team and the coaches of the GB Rowing teams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | Organised the ESPRIT Tennis & Wheelchair Sports Workshop - Hamlyn Centre, Lodnon, Jan 21, 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ESPRIT team organised the ESPRIT Tennis and Wheelchair Sports Workshop invited all the sports scientists, technology developers and leading expert in the field to discuss the state of the art pervasive sensing technologies and how the technologies could be applied to assist elite athlete performance training. With the strong interests in the ESPRIT technologies, the sport scientists raised a many interesting questions in the workshop and led to fruitful discussions. This workshop raised the research questions and potential research directions for application of pervasive technologies in tennis and wheelchair sports. A number of new collaborative projects were directly results from this workshop. For example, the workshop led to a joint pilot study between the ESPRIT team and the Lawn Tennis Association on using pervasive sensors for elite athletes training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.esprit-sport.org |
| Description | Organised the session on "BSN in Hash Environment" in conjunction with BSN2011 at Dallas, USA, May 23, 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The talks and discussions during the special session sparked questions and discussions from the participants. After the special sessions, a number of attendees expressed that the talks and panel discussion raised a number of interesting questions and changed their views on developing novel sensing approaches for body sensing in harsh environments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5954008 |
| Description | PETRAS IoT Research Hub - Security Health IoT workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop has attracted speakers and audience from Engineering and Clinical communities and it has led to new collaborations and joint research among the attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presented and exhibited at the ESPRIT Annual Conference 2011 - Dorney Lake, Windsor, Oct 10, 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The research team hosted the ESPRIT Annual Conference 2011 and invited all the stakeholders, from coaches, sports scientists, clinicians, to professional sports industry representatives, and other academic researchers. In addition, presenting and demonstrating the ESPRIT research outcomes, the Annual Conference invited a few collaborators to present and demonstrate their recent works. The talks and demonstrations triggered many discussions and questions after each session. The event provided a unique opportunity to gather all the stakeholders, researchers and engineers together and which had led to a number of collaborative projects and joint research. For instances, a new collaborative project between the ESPRIT team and the British Cycling sports science team was the result of a detail discussion between the teams during the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://ubimon.doc.ic.ac.uk/esprit/m1727.html |
| Description | Presented at the "New multimedia and remote sensing for the enhancement of sports performance" - LTN Sports Technologies - Evening Networking Event, Queen Mary Bioscience Innovation Centre, London, Oct 13, 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented at the "New multimedia and remote sensing for the enhancement of sports performance" - LTN Sports Technologies - Evening Networking Event, Queen Mary Bioscience Innovation Centre, London, Oct 13, 2010. The event was well attended with local company representatives, researchers and stakeholders in the field of sensing and sports performance. The talk triggered some discussion on the potential impact of pervasive sensing technologies in the sports performance industry. The talk raised the industries awareness of pervasive sensing technologies and their potential application in professional sports training. Shortly after the talk, a representative of a leading motion capture technology companies approached us and expressed their interests of the technologies and discussed the potential collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://ubimon.doc.ic.ac.uk/esprit/public/NewsEvents/Sports_Technology_Programme_Final.pdf |
| Description | Professor Daniel Elson: Lighting Up The Operating Theatre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Daniel Elson, our Hamlyn Centre Director of Studies, talked through a career that has mirrored the typical innovation translation pathway - from a PhD in laser physics, and time spent in the Faculty of Engineering developing imaging tools for key hole surgery, a move to the Division of Surgery saw him work directly with surgeons to begin translating those technologies into image guidance tools. He discussed progress made developing diagnostic methods and technologies, and the value of adopting a clinical, rather than purely technological driven, approach to innovation and problem solving, working with surgeons to identify challenges today and tomorrow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQz7HufVaQ&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The ESPRIT team has been selected to exhibit at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, and the exhibition has not started yet. It is envisaged that there will be over 12000 people (from general public, primary school students, to renowned Royal Society Fellows, Nobel Laureates and Politicians) will visit the exhibition. Although the exhibition is yet to start in July, we have already received enquiries from, other institutions, companies and media. Given the wide audience and media coverage on the event, we anticipate that the exhibition will draw a lots of interests from school pupils, general public, to fellow researchers, scientists, and experts from the industries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/smart-sensing/ |
| Description | South Korean State Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The South Korean President visited Imperial College on Nov 5, 2013, and we were invited to present and exhibit our work at the event. It was a high profile events attended by government officials and international medias. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_5-11-2013-16-18-47 |
| Description | Speciality Cluster Hub Workshop on Medical Devices for Endovascular Interventions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised the "Speciality Cluster Hub Workshop on Medical Devices for Endovascular Interventions" - Imperial College London, 21 April 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | The Hamlyn Centre Christmas Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Christmas Showcase is an event that showcased the latest research outputs form our research teams at the Hamlyn Centre. Every year we invite our collaborators and affiliates to participate this event in order to demonstrate our research findings and to discuss potential further collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/ICLHamlynRobots/status/1073577685488754688 |
| Description | The Hamlyn Centre Official Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Centre Official website aims to engage with all types of audiences for introducing our centre purpose and structure as well as our research areas and environment. On the website, we also constantly update job opportunities, event information and News from our research teams as well as the Imperial College. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/hamlyn-centre/ |
| Description | The Hamlyn Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR) provides an annual forum for surgeons and engineers from across the globe, to network and explore the latest developments in medical robotics. The Symposium has been successfully conducted for the past 11 years and has become a leading international conference on medical robotics, current clinical practice and emerging technologies in robotic surgery. Every year researchers, clinicians and engineers are invited to submit papers on a range of topics covering clinical specialities in Urology, Cardiac Surgery, Neuro Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Gynaecology, ENT, Orthopaedic and Paediatric Surgery. The Hamlyn Symposium is composed of a series of workshops on various clinical and technical topics and the main conference with the participants from leading medical, science and technology institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org/hamlyn/ |
| Description | The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We exhibited at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2015 and demonstrated our latest developments in wearable and implantable sensing technologies. The event attracted over 10000 participants from school children to Royal Society Fellows. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015 |
| Description | Three web presentations on behalf of the RSC one on behalf of the IOM3 and one on behalf of Faculty Media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Were internet presentations, so no feedback was available Positive feedback from other academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012 |
| URL | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvH1jPVEtrk&list=PLEC90BACDCC6B5784&index=15&feature=plpp_video |
| Description | Workshop on Pervasive Sensing in Sports and Extreme Environments - BSN 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on Pervasive Sensing in Sports and Extreme Environments was organised in conjunction with the BSN2013 conference at MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA, May 6, 2013. Leading experts in the field were invited to talk about the state of the art technologies and approaches. A number of very interesting talks were given in the workshop, and the event was well attended with over 40 attendees from academia and industry. The event had facilitated discussions and collaborative works between attendees and speakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2013.org |
| Description | Workshop on Wearable Human Biomechanical Analysis for Healthcare Applications (in conjunction with BSN2015), June 12 2015, MIT, Boston, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | workshop facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In conjunction with the Body Sensor Networks conference 2015, we organize this half-day workshop which aims to provide a forum to bring together commercial companies, researchers, engineers, and healthcare practitioners from a diverse range of disciplines to present the current state-of-the-art wearable biomechanical analysis technologies and their healthcare application Invited 5 leading scientists from all over the world to present their state of the art research outcomes for wearable biomechanical analysis. All the talks are well received by the audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bsn2015.org |
| Description | Workshop on Wearable Sweat Sensors for Sports and Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The talk led to further discussions in potential collaborations and joint projects. After the talk, a couple of companies and academics expressed interests in collaboration and further discussions had been made regarding potential projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | https://www4.dcu.ie/conferences/wearablesensors/index.shtml |
| Description | World Congress on Active Ageing 2012 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The talk stimulated further discussions and questions from the participants. After the talk, we received many enquirers from other academics and industries representatives, and potential collaborations have been discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| URL | http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=88&eventsId=386&furtherEvents=yes |
| Description | You wear it so well - Analytical Scientist Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | ESPRIT research was featured in one of the leading Science Magazines, The Analytical Scientist. The article featured wearable biosensors for monitoring our personal health and the external environment that improve performance in sport and fitness. It argued that the sensors are easy to use, will cost little and provide useful, real-time information. Professor Vadgama from Queen Mary University provided insight on chemical sensing that offer almost limitless range of potential uses, including the tracking of personal health metrics while Dr Lo from Imperial College London emphasizes the role of sensors in sports and athletes' performance. The article has led to many queries received by sport scientists, sports enthusiast and other researchers, and result in follow up discussions and potential collaborative works. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://ubimon.doc.ic.ac.uk/esprit/public/0314-402_Biosensor.pdf |
| Description | mini-symposia on Body Sensor Networks at ICHI 2013 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | keynote/invited speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Lo co organised the Mini Symposia in conjunction with the IFMBE International Conference on Health Informatics, Vilamoura Portugal, Nov 7-9 2013. A number of speakers were invited to give a talk in the area of Body Sensor Networks. We were also invited to give a talk on "Bio-inspired Body Sensor Networks" The symposia was well attended, and also facilitated fruitful discussions on this new research topic. Shortly after the sympoisa, we were invited to join a consortium bidding for a new EU project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.ichi2013.org/Abstracts/BioinspiredBodySensorNetworks.aspx |