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BiographyJames graduated from the Crewe and Alsager Faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996 with a First class (Hons) degree in Sports & Exercise Science.
In 1997 he joined the Industrial Ergonomics Group in the School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Birmingham where he undertook a research program for a PhD in the ergonomics of wearable computers. This research concentrated on measuring the musculoskeletal affects of wearing and interacting with technology using such tools as video posture analysis, electrogoniometry, electromyography and relative perceived exertion. The research specifically focussed on the use of head mounted displays and arm mounted computers.
Continuing his work on the ergonomics of wearable computers he joined the Educational Technology Group of the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2001 where he undertook the post of Research Associate on the Lab of Tomorrow Project. Research interests
Current projectAs a Research Fellow on the Lab of Tomorrow Project his role is to carry out the ergonomic assessment of the wearable technology developed as part of the project. This involves ensuring that the devices attached to the body are wearable. As such they do not interfere or impede performance, are not harmful or detrimental to the wearer, and are comfortable to wear.
Part of the project involves attaching devices to the body that measure physiological (surface body temperature, heart rate using ECG) and biomechanical (whole body, arm and leg acceleration) variables. As such another role within the project is to ensure that the data recorded is accurate, reliable and valid and to assist in determining how the data can be processed and presented to make them meaningful and useful. Publications
Knight,
J.F., Baber, C., Schwirtz, A., & Bristow, H.W. (2002). The comfort
assessment of wearable computers. Proceedings of the Sixth International
Symposium of Wearable Computers, (pp65-72). October 7-10, Seattle,
Washington. paper.pdf presentation.ppt
Knight, J.F. & Baber, C. (2000). Wearable Computers and the Possible Development of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Wearable Computers, (pp171-172) October 18-21, Atlanta, Georgia.
Baber, C., Knight, J., Haniff., D.J., & Cooper, L. (1999). Ergonomics of wearable computers. Mobile Networks and Applications, 4:15-21.
Baber, C., Haniff, D., Cooper, L., Knight, J., & Mellor, B. (1998). Preliminary investigations into the human factors of wearable computers. People and Computers XIII: Proceedings of HCI '98, In H. Johnson, L. Nigay & C. Roast (Eds) (pp313-325) Springer-Verlag, London. Bristow, H. W., Baber, C., Woolley, S., Cross, J., Schwirtz, A., & Knight. J.F. (2002). Wearable computing: the technology of the future. Appliance design, 2: 7-9. |
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