Wearable Technology in Construction Industry

April 29, 2020

Wearables are the devices designed to collect and deliver data about the worker’s environment, activities and biometric conditions. This can be put in worker’s body, clothing or personal protective equipment. Some wearable improves comfort whereas others improve safety. These technology in construction is increasing on the job site. By using this technology accidents can be avoided. Some wearable devices are explained in this blog.

Smart Cap

This construction wearable uses brain waves to monitor fatigue. When workers are fitted with a Smart Cap hat or hard hat, it measures their fatigue to prevent micro-sleeps. If a worker starts to go to sleep it sends alerts through vibrations and noise to let the wearer know they should stop what they’re doing. This will keep workers alert on the job site. And it gives supervisors the ability to know if someone is falling asleep. This way they can get them to a safer place to wake up so no accidents occur.

Smart Glasses

Smart glasses can help to reduce the amount of time it takes to make a decision, clearly communicate what’s happening in the field, and train new employees. The glasses are equipped with a camera and microphone that can capture photos, video and audio, as well as make audio and video calls.

Spot-R

This wearable will be prevalent on job sites in the future. This device can identify the number and location of workers on a site at any time. This will help in situation where someone that has tripped, slipped, or fallen. With push-button alerts, workers can signal if they’re injured and receive attention sooner.

HoloLens

The HoloLens allowed for users to overlay 3D building plans over a job site. The building plans are to scale with the HoloLens so project managers see how things will work on the site before it’s built.

SolePower Work Boots

SolePower Work Boots aims to use your body’s own kinetic energy to power it and other smart devices, one step at a time. This is used to sense temperature, motion, falls and fatigue. Also used to track worker hours and to organize job site well better.

As time passes we can see more progress in the wearable technology.

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