Inspiration
Every year over three million people in the US miss work because of work place injuries, often as the result of repetitive motions caused by overuse in the upper body, particularly in the shoulders. The medical intervention and lost productivity from these injuries costs US employers more than $100 billion each year. Most of these injuries can be easily prevented with slight modifications to workflow and some basic stretches.
Target User
Our goal is to use inexpensive wearable sensors to detect and analyze people motions both at work and at play. The information from these sensors will be analyzed to detect motions likely to cause repetitive stress injuries (shoulder strain, low back pain) before it causes serious damage. The system will recommend some simple workflow modifications to the at risk employees to lower the risk of repetitive stress injuries.
Key Feature
Accelerometer-Gyroscope built into a watch that detects upper body motion, transfers the data via bluetooth onto a smartphone and a web application that analyzes motions and tracks trends over time to recognize motions likely to cause chronic irritation or injury
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