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Innovative Wearable Systems for Improving Workers’ Safety

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Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2019)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 1018))

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The innovations introduced by industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things have allowed the development of new and more efficient technologies. These innovations, if applied to Personal Protective Equipment, make it possible to improve efficiency and make work safer. The high-tech developed PPE are known as Smart PPE. These use wireless technologies, intelligent textiles and advanced electronics to transform a traditional PPE into an object with advanced and innovative features. Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work wants to give its contribution to increase worker safety by exploiting the latest technologies and making them available to a wide public.

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  1. Department of Technological Innovations, Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, Via Roberto Ferruzzi 38, 00143, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Ledda & Raffaele Palomba

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Correspondence to Alessandro Ledda .

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, GRESPI, Reims, France

    Redha Taiar

  3. Laboratoire Motricité Humaine, Expertise, Sport, Santé, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice Cedex 3, France

    Serge Colson

  4. IFMK Niçois, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice Cedex 3, France

    Arnaud Choplin

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Ledda, A., Palomba, R. (2020). Innovative Wearable Systems for Improving Workers’ Safety. In: Ahram, T., Taiar, R., Colson, S., Choplin, A. (eds) Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies. IHIET 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1018. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25629-6_51

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