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The paper explores the topic of design, materialization and release of open source wearables that can increase awareness about the mental, behavioral and physical conditions of people with health impairments. The first part, which is based on literature review, investigates the design of healthcare wearables connected to the emerging phenomena of open and user innovation. The second part describes the whole process of design and materialization of DermAware, an open source “experiential” wearable developed within the project Distributed Design Market Platform (Creative Europe Programme) and specifically conceived to increase the social awareness on a pathology such as Atopic Dermatitis. The final part defines an operational framework to design open source wearables, evidencing the process - from design to materialization – and the main critical aspects and opportunities related to the development of “experiential” devices. The conclusions of the paper identify a possible field for designing healthcare wearables called “Wear-to-Care”.
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The research has been promoted by Fondazione Politecnico and Sanofi Genzyme and coordinated and developed by Polifactory the makerspace FabLab of Politecnico di Milano (www.polifactory.polimi.it).
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MakeToCare (www.maketocare.it) is a research initiative that was born as a spin-off of the first edition of the homonymous contest organized in 2016 by Sanofi Genzyme, on the occasion of the European Maker Faire in Rome. MakeToCare aims to identify, map and represent an emerging ecosystem made up of innovative patients, independent researchers, research institutions, startups and new entrepreneurs, makers, and laboratories for digital manufacturing that work on the development of concrete design solutions capable of improving daily life and the health of people living with disabilities. The research, still ongoing, has mapped 180 subjects and 150 solutions developed in Italy.
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ABBI K is developed by Unit for Visually Impaired People of IIT (www.iit.it/research/lines/unit-for-visually-impaired-people); the main aim of the Unit is to early identify spatial impairments that impact life of visually disabled people and build innovative solutions to prevent the risk of developmental delays.
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Nicolò Bisi, Nur Eral, Mattia Fantoni, starting from the results of the preliminary analysis have actively participated in designing and prototyping the first version of the DermaTrack.
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60% of the sample interviewed by telephone and 40% interviewed in person.
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Designed and made thanks to the collaboration with Angelo Geraci, Nicola Corna, Fabio Garzetti, Nicola Lusardi belonging to the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB).
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PCB designed by Angelo Geraci, Nicola Corna, Fabio Garzetti, Nicola Lusardi (DEIB Department, Politecnico di Milano).
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Every year, the European Maker Faire Rome registers more than 120.000 visitors.
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Bianchini, M., Bolzan, P., Parini, B., Maffei, S., Cipriani, F. (2021). Wear-to-Care. Co-designing the Next Wave of Open Wearables in the Healthcare Sector. In: Perego, P., TaheriNejad, N., Caon, M. (eds) Wearables in Healthcare. ICWH 2020. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 376. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76066-3_10
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