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- Title
Wearable technology for critical notifications in mining.
- Authors
Chow, Edmond; Himmelman, Nicholas; Chan, Danny; Tafazoli, Shahram
- Abstract
The article discusses the efforts of Motion Metrics International in collaboration with Vandrico Solutions Inc. to apply wearable technology to improve productivity and safety in the mining industry. It mentions that the wearable device should have the ability to be ruggedized to withstand the harsh mining environment and its ability to meet the safety standards in mines. It also mentions the use of device-agnostic software platform and cellular network for the same.
- Subjects
MOTION Metrics International Corp.; VANDRICO Solutions Inc.; WEARABLE technology; MINERAL industries; SAFETY standards
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2015, Vol 67, Issue 4, p42
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Article