Communication to become fast, accurate, and reliable with this NOKIA’s wearable coat

14-Apr-2018

Nokia designed a smart garment in collaboration with Kolon, a South Korean fashion brand, and GINA, a software developer from the Czech Republic.  This wearable or overcoat comes with inbuilt modular sensors, which can be repurposed as per the needs.  At present, the coat has sensors that can map heart rate, temperature, GPS/location and motion (accelerometer).  You can put sensors in there that fit different needs. The sensor-based coat has various applications for events.  The security personnel busy in controlling the crowd during events or workers working in the high-risk zone this wearable could come handy for easy communication.  They don’t have to carry heavy walkie-talkie or run to control room to get data during any mishaps. They just have to raise hands and everything in their reach. This coat will give event personnel an upper hand to counter-act quickly against various unexpected incident happens during events.