Smart hi-vis vest
Software development specialist 3Squared is pioneering a SmartVest that could help enhance the safety of rail workers on site.
The SmartVest expands on the current safety benefits of the high visibility vest by incorporating low energy, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that respond to potential impending dangers.
Particularly for trackside railway workers, the SmartVest will integrate with established live data feeds to provide automated visual alerts for workers to inform them of trains approaching a working area. Different coloured lighting is used to create visual alerts for individual workers and groups of workers helping them to identify a possible hazard quickly and effectively.
To further extend the SmartVest’s functionality and to ensure it responds to different situations 3Squared utilises its ‘SmartSafe’ virtual zone management platform. Its SmartSafe web-based software allows engineers to upload site plans and draw out virtual safe, exclusion, hazardous working zones, such as overhead power cables.
Once out on site, the software utilises iBeacon technology to establish and monitor these virtual zones.
