Did you take a break today? Detecting playing foosball using your smartwatch

• Main Authors: SEN, Sougata, RACHURI, Kiran K., MUKHERJI, Abhishek, MISRA, Archan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Hand movement; Work life; Work-related Injuries; Working hours; Wearable computers; Computer Sciences; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3608; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4609/viewcontent/Foosball_Smartwatch_2016.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Prolonged working hours are a primary cause of stress, work related injuries (e.g, RSIs), and work-life imbalance in employees at a workplace. As reported by some studies, taking timely breaks from continuous work not only reduces stress and exhaustion but also improves productivity, employee bondin...