Alan Walks Wales: Sensing the Miles

Alan Dix
Talis and University of Birmingham
www.hcibook.com/alan/
www.alandix.com/alanwalkswales/

Remote presentation for 'Enhancing Self-Reflection with Wearable Sensors', workshop at mobileHCI 2014.


Full reference:
A. Dix (2014). Alan Walks Wales: Sensing the Miles. Video Presentation, 'Enhancing Self-Reflection with Wearable Sensors', workshop at mobileHCI 2014 Toronto, 23rd September 2014.
http://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/
AWW-sensing-the-miles-2014/
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Alan Walks Wales Full Report and All Data
workshop web site
APCHI keynote "The Walk"
Website: Alan Walks Wales
Facebook: AlanWalksWales
Twitter: @AlanWalksWales


 

abstract

Sadly I was unable to attend the 'Enhancing Self-Reflection with Wearable Sensors', workshop at mobileHCI 2014. However, I was able to join in remotely.

These videos look at the data gathered during my 1000 mile walk around Wales in 2013. This includes what I believe to be the largest public domain ECG trace as a well as other bio-sensing, location and qualitative data.

This is available as a resource for the research community and I offer an open invitation to use this data for post-hoc quantitative or qualitative analysis or to drive simulations of data-gathering applications.


1. Introduction

Video (4:55)

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2. Wales Coast Path: history and images

Video (5:25)

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3. A short history of walking and walking as a research method

Video (10:20)

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4. In Sickness and in Health
is walking 1000 miles good for you?

Video (6:09)

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5. Data and challenges

Video (23:34)

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Alan Dix 26/9/2014