From Digi: "Kinetic Improves Safety with Workplace Wearables"
Each day in workplace settings across numerous industries, workers are constantly putting their bodies at risk by improperly lifting, twisting, and turning. Kinetic is a pioneering innovator in workplace wearables that improve worker safety, prevent injuries, and decrease associated costs.
Kinetic created REFLEX, a smart wearable devices the size of a cell phone that is worn on the belt or waistband. Using sensors and biomechanical analysis, these workplace wearables includes the Digi ConnectCore® 6 single board computer identify correct posture and detects high-risk postures to help provide workers with corrective feedback. Watch this video for more technical details and learn how one user reduced his unsafe movements from 320 per day to just 12 – largely in a self-directed manner.
Source: https://www.digi.com/videos/kinetic-improves-safety-with-workplace-wearables
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