We are conducting a series of studies using a wearable mobile sensing device — LittleBeats™ — developed at the University of Illinois. LittleBeats™ has been designed to simultaneously capture motion, heart rate, and audio data. This device is worn in a specially-designed shirt pocket. Given it’s relatively non-invasive footprint, LittleBeats™ can be worn throughout the day at-home by children as young as 1 month old. For more information regarding LittleBeats™ or our studies, please visit https://littlebeats.hdfs.illinois.edu/

Collaborators:
Dr. Mark Hasegawa-Johnson (Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Dr. Romit Roy Choudhury (Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Dr. Ashutosh Dhekne (Computer Science, Georgia Tech)
Dr. Maria Davila (Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina)
Dr. Siraj Siddiqi (University of Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics)

Graduate Students:
Ibrahim Pehlivan
Jialu Li
Yannan Hu
Zhijian Yang

Participating Sites:
Arkansas Children’s Research Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
New York University
Oregon Health and Science University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill