Using NFC to Support and Encourage Green Exercise

Omer Rashid; Paul Coulton; William Bird

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Using NFC to Support and Encourage Green Exercise

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    author={Omer Rashid and Paul Coulton and William Bird},
    title={Using NFC to Support and Encourage Green Exercise},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={mobile NFC Green Exercise Walking.},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2799}
}

Omer Rashid
Paul Coulton
William Bird
Year: 2008
Using NFC to Support and Encourage Green Exercise
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2799

Omer Rashid¹^,*, Paul Coulton¹^,*, William Bird²^,*

1: Infolab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
2: Intelligent Health, 2nd Floor, 145-157 St John St, London, UK.

*Contact email: m.rashid@lancaster.ac.uk, p.coulton@lancaster.ac.uk, william.birdinfo@intelligenthealth.co.uk

Abstract

This paper presents a novel system using NFC to increase support and encouragement of outdoor physical activity, or ‘Green Exercise’. The main aim of the project is to help combat the effects of the increasingly sedentary lifestyle of the British population which is leading to increasing health problems. The paper presents both the design and implementation of prototype system together with results from the initial field trials conducted in Hyde Park in London. The results confirm that NFC has a number of benefits in that, it is easy to deploy, easy to use and understand, and highlight the potential significance of a long term study.

Keywords: mobile NFC Green Exercise Walking.

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2799