Study of a wearable IoT solution for personal safety

Recent advances to internet infrastructure have allowed an unprecedented expansion in the number of devices connected to the network. Smartphones, tablets and computers are only some of the devices that participate to the global network. Internet of Things (IoT) is a neologism which refers to the extension of the Internet to common objects. A great deal of interesting applications have flourished that take advantage of the possibilities offered by this expansion. In this report, we document the process of studying and developing a wearable, integrated solution which uses a wide range of sensors in order to monitor some environment parameters. The scope of this device shall be detecting and alerting the user about nearby possible dangers; some use case examples will be showed and some possible real simulation will be explained. Sensors can be applied to different wearable elements (i.e., a vest, a smartwatch, gloves, a helmet). The gathered information is transferred to a back-end system where a specialized analysis is carried out and potential actions to safeguard user health are taken. Data and notifications are meant to be sent to a control room where monitoring people are always ready to take appropriate actions. Some test data are analyzed to give an idea of the potential information data can have; other series are generated to test the algorithm functioning.