Wearables could be key for worker safety as warehouses, manufacturers eager to reopen

Published May 6, 2020

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Albert Titus, professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is quoted in a story on Supply Chain Dive about how wearable technologies could be used to keep workers at safe distances and monitor their health as factories and warehouses reopen.

Titus said: There’s already "a fair amount of [Internet of Things] going into worker safety in manufacturing plants and warehouse handling. These kinds of wearables alert a worker if they get too close to something dangerous, like a live power line."

Read the story here.