HARNESSING THE POWER OF CONNECTED-HUMAN TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFER, SMARTER MISSIONS FRANÇOIS AUBANIAC, SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WEARIN’
Connected wearable technology and sensors integrated into day-to-day and emergency- use equipment help improve users’ situational awareness, mobility, and communications. Adding artificial intelligence (AI) and smart, real-time, multi-source data capture and analysis to the mix enhances workers’ safety and enables the line of command to coordinate actions more efficiently during a crisis, as well as to make proactive improvements that prevent future risks. Holistic connected wearable ecosystems can help protect individuals, improve team coordination, and boost performance in diverse sectors. In high-risk environments, intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provide mission-critical insights that can make the difference between life and death. This is illustrated by the European Domino FSX civil protection exercise organized in May 2022 by the
French Ministry of the Interior to test technologies and the chain of command for first responders in the event of full-scale (FSX) disasters. A TWOFOLD CHALLENGE The rapid increase in the number of connected devices and sensors creates huge challenges for design engineers. Such devices generate massive and exponential amounts of data and information to support decision making, especially in mission- critical applications and the IoT. The first technology challenge is physical: how to integrate end-to- end connectivity that establishes the physical connection between sensors and communication devices that need to be interoperable in increasingly demanding environments. The second challenge is digital: how to optimize and harmonize power and data flows at increasingly high performance
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