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The aim of this paper is to enable doctors to follow a person’s physical state of stress. We introduced a wireless smart device measuring skin conductivity to determine the stress level of a person using the principle of skin conductance. This modification in electrical properties of the skin is related to the activity of the sweat glands. This device can be attached to the body in order to realize continuous measurements. Moreover, it communicates the data using a home wireless network connected to Internet. A battery of tests was performed to verify the behaviour of the system. Two different films with stressing events were used. Therefore, with the help of several guinea pigs, we measured their skin conductance during the entire movies. The times of the stressing moments were the same as the conductance modifications, so we can confirm the correct functioning of the device.
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Boulesteix, N., Vicente, J., García Zapirain, B., Méndez, A. (2011). Stress Telecare Using a Smart Device Controller. In: Bravo, J., Hervás, R., Villarreal, V. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. IWAAL 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6693. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21303-8_27
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