Surveying Wearable Human Assistive Technology for Life and Safety Critical Applications: Standards, Challenges and Opportunities

In this survey a new application paradigm life and safety for critical operations and missions using wearable Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) technology is introduced. This paradigm has a vast scope of applications, including disaster management, worker safety in harsh environments such as roads...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Elyes Ben Hamida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/5/9153