@conference {Mulf1706:Wearable,
	title = {Wearable Devices and {IoT} as Enablers of Assistive Technologies},
	booktitle = {Tenth International Conference on Developments in e-Systems Engineering - DeSE2017 (DeSE2017)},
	year = {2017},
	address = {Paris, France},
	abstract = {In assistive technology scenarios, this paper investigates how wearable devices may be used as smart solutions for accessing computers. We focus our attention on a smartwatch available on the consumer market; by using an open source middleware, based on low cost embedded systems, we propose to develop custom apps to process data from smartwatch{\textquoteright}s resources (e.g., sensors) and send them to a Linux single board computer. The latter component plays a critical role because it converts received data into raw input signals for a connected computer by emulating a standard mouse or a keyboard. Since the process requires no software installation on the target device, the user with a disability benefits from a single personalized equipment to control a wide range of computer devices, including traditional personal computers, tablets and smartphones. Additionally, the embedded system accesses the Internet and it takes advantage of the container-based virtualization technology to customize on demand its behaviour according to user{\textquoteright}s needs and preferences.},
	keywords = {Assistive Technology, Computer accessibility, Container Based Virtualization, embedded systems, Smartwatch, Wearable devices},
	author = {Davide Mulfari and Antonino Longo Minnolo and Antonio Puliafito}
}
