DAQRI acquires Melon – Hardened AR helmet with EEG monitoring!
DAQRI created the DAQRI Smart Safety Helmet for blue collar workers. Their site states “every aspect of DAQRI Smart Helmet was designed with the industrial work place in mind, from its advanced sensor package to the intuitive user interface that requires zero calibration, to the battery life that lasts an entire shift”. It’s a wearable augmented reality tool basically.
Mellon is a brainwave monitoring headband or more commonly known as an EEG in the medical and science fields. This device interprets your electrical activity your brain naturally puts out. The device uses Bluetooth to wirelessly transmit data to your phone, thus allowing you to keep track and train your cognitive states. The headband has an adjustability designed in to fit most heads age 10 and up.
...technology will become more advanced and will be able to monitor the stress level, skin temperature, fatigue and heart rate of the users. Companies could in theory now also monitor their employee’s overall wellbeing while on the job, thereby improving work and safety conditions.