A WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION

Min-Chieh Hsiao, Navid Amini, Majid Sarrafzadeh

2010

Abstract

This paper presents a novel childhood obesity prevention system called No Pain No Game which aims at encouraging children to fit physical exercise into their daily life; the more entertainment they demand, the more exercise they have to perform. The proposed system evaluates children’s activity level and assigns them corresponding amount of home entertainment time such as television viewing or playing video games. This way, children can obtain a sense of achievement, while parents can save the time without manually controlling the corresponding entertainment appliances. No Pain No Game gives parents full wireless control over the home’s power outlets without obliging them to struggle with their children. Furthermore, through No Pain No Game’s software interface, children are able to extend their home entertainment time without the presence of their parents.

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Hsiao M., Amini N. and Sarrafzadeh M. (2010). A WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-017-7, pages 75-81. DOI: 10.5220/0002711300750081


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@conference{biodevices10,
author={Min-Chieh Hsiao and Navid Amini and Majid Sarrafzadeh},
title={A WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={75-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002711300750081},
isbn={978-989-674-017-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2010)
TI - A WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION
SN - 978-989-674-017-7
AU - Hsiao M.
AU - Amini N.
AU - Sarrafzadeh M.
PY - 2010
SP - 75
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0002711300750081