DROWSINESS DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY – SLEEP
April 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is using nanotechnology to develop bio-sensors that could be fitted to air traffic controllers and pilots, warning managers of potential drowsiness or sleepiness. The SENSATION project has united 46 specialists from 20 countries to create, says a project note, "a multipurpose sensing platform of 17 micro sensors and two nano sensors all connected through a (computer) local area network (LAN)." The sensors are being developed to fit into materials spanning cushions, wrist straps, seat linings and ...
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