Advances in information and communications technology (ICT) are expected to help people lead healthier lives amidst the many stressors in today's fast-paced society.While smartphones and tablets continue to overtake desktops and laptops, the next computing revolution—Human-Centric Computing—is taking root.This shift in computing is enabled by the increasing ubiquity of sensors that are around us, on us, and even in us.Deploying intelligent, human-centric services using these connected sensors requires advancements in the underlying IT infrastructure itself.In this paper, we describe various novel services built atop a general-purpose mobile platform developed by Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc.for continuous mobile monitoring.Our platform was developed with next-generation healthcare services in mind but has broad applicability as an extensible platform for deploying real-time services that incorporate data from arbitrary sensors.We provide an overview of our platform, and highlight several services that act as new points of contact between a user and the IT infrastructure.In the domain of health and wellness, we show how continuous bio-monitoring enables us to measure stress and to provide stress management services.We describe how such services may be used in a typical day, contributing to a new and improved quality of life.
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