Nokia made a smart, fashionable jacket for first responders #WearableWednesday
Nokia showed off the CHASE [Connected health and safety equipment] LifeTech FR Jacket at MWC 2018. Check out what makes this jacket so unique.
Via Engadget:
For starters, there are modular sensors on it, which allow the wearer to access data such as a heart rate, temperature, GPS/location and motion (accelerometer). That’s what the jacket we tried out here in Barcelona had, but the benefit of those swappable modules (located around the sleeve and chest) is that you can put sensors in there that fit different needs. A member of the police force could, for example, have a body cam rather than a temperature sensor — which would be more suitable for firefighters.
In either case, the data captured by the CHASE LifeTech FR jacket is sent back to a base station, where GINA’s software management system views it in real-time and can use it to keep track of first responders. That’s something that has the potential to save lives, since the jacket’s sensors could help locate an emergency worker who may go missing during a 911 call, or know if a first-responder is dangerously fatigued after working too many hours. Nokia says the possibilities with its CHASE LifeTech FR wearable are endless, as it could support all sorts of safety sensors in the future, including carbon monoxide and environmental ones.
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