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The Future of Wearable Technology
Casey Grant, P.E. Fire Protection Research Foundation
Washington, DC --- 29 March 2018
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TOPICS – The Future of Wearable Technology
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1) A Few Words on the Basics
2) Fire Service Electronic Safety
Equipment
3) Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
4) Thoughts for the Future
TOPICS – The Future of Wearable Technology
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1) A Few Words on the Basics
2) Fire Service Electronic Safety
Equipment
3) Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
4) Thoughts for the Future
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter?
• NFPA Professional Qualification Standards
• Emergency Medical Service Credentials
• Public Safety Officer Benefits• Other…
as anindividual
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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Who is a Fire Fighter? as anorganization
Working with
Fire Departments and
Fire Brigades
A Few Words on the Basics
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What is Wearable Technology? • Generally focused on
the Personal (and Personnel) Area Network
• Carried directly by a fire fighter
A Few Words on the Basics
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What is Wearable Technology? Examples:• Smart Physiological Monitoring
– (e.g., SMARTER, WASP, PHASER, etc.)• Smart Accountability/Tracking
– (e.g., GLANSER, etc.)• Programmatic Efforts
– (e.g., DHS Next Gen First Responder, UNM Cyber ESE FF)
• Targeted Delivery Technology– (e.g., Tanagram, etc.)
A Few Words on the Basics
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What is Wearable Technology? Examples:• Nanotechnology• Electronic Textiles• Biomedical Systems
– Embedded– Attachable
• Other…
TOPICS – The Future of Wearable Technology
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1) A Few Words on the Basics
2) Fire Service Electronic Safety
Equipment
3) Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
4) Thoughts for the Future
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Other Professions• Comparison of
Professions Using Interoperable ESE
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Characteristics & Attributes• Basic Categories of
Emergency Responder ESE
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Characteristics & Attributes• Application and
Delivery of ESE
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Characteristics & Attributes• Key Interoperability
Performance Characteristics for ESE
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Characteristics & Attributes• ESE Component
Attributes• A.K.A., the “Illities”• Failure of any single
attribute will likely result in unsustainable proliferation
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Characteristics & Attributes• Operational Hazards
to/from ESE
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Intrinsic Safety• Overview of Fireground
Intrinsic Safety• In addition to impact to
the equipment from the environment, also concerned with impact to the environment from the equipment (e.g., igniting a flammable gas)
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Intrinsic Safety• Overview of
Hazardous Environments for Electrical Equipment
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Intrinsic Safety• ESE Intrinsic Safety
Trade-offs• What classification
should fire fighter ESE be designed to?
Fire Service Electronic Safety Equipment
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Intrinsic Safety• Overview of Fire
Service Hazardous Environments
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1) A Few Words on the Basics
2) Fire Service Electronic Safety
Equipment
3) Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
4) Thoughts for the Future
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Gathering, Processing, Delivering• Based on the Project Report
available on the FPRF and NIST websites
www.nfpa.org/SmartFireFighting
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Gathering, Processing, Delivering• The New Era of Cyber Physical Systems• World of Cyber Physical Systems composed of
three basic areas:1) Gathering of data (communication)2) Processing of data (computation)3) Use of data (targeted decision-making)
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Our Changing World• Today’s World is
Increasingly Sensor Rich
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Our Changing World• Example: Smart Phones • Purposes they serve:
– Communication– Recording – Sensing– Information– Other
• Portal into another world…
Crowds at Papal Elections in 2005 & 2013
(Courtesy of NBC News)
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Our Changing World• “Data is the new oil. It’s
valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc. to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.”
• Clive Humby, UK Mathematician & architect of Tesco’s Clubcard, 2006
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Our Changing World
Comparing the Top Ten Public Corporations2011, 2016 and 2017
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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Our Changing World
How is Crude Oil Refined?
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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The DIKW Pyramid• On the backbone of Technology,
we harvest Data• Data given context yields
Information• Information given meaning
yields Knowledge• Knowledge given insight yields
Wisdom• With Wisdom comes Power
to control your destiny
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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The DIKW Pyramid• On the backbone of Technology,
we harvest Data• Data given context yields
Information• Information given meaning
yields Knowledge• Knowledge given insight yields
Wisdom• With Wisdom comes Power
to control your destiny
Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
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The DIKW Pyramid• On the backbone of Technology,
we harvest Data• Data given context yields
Information• Information given meaning
yields Knowledge• Knowledge given insight yields
Wisdom• With Wisdom comes Power
to control your destiny
1) What’s in it for me?2) What’s in it for we?
Long Term Health & Wellness
DATA IS NEEDED!
TOPICS – The Future of Wearable Technology
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1) A Few Words on the Basics
2) Fire Service Electronic Safety
Equipment
4) Thoughts for the Future
3) Data, Data, In a Sea of Data
Thoughts for the Future
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The Greatest Challenges• Technological development is NOT
the greatest challenge• We are rapidly solving the
technological challenges, but the greater challenges that are surfacing are legal, social, cultural, etc. (e.g., privacy of data, confidentially, proprietary information, competition, and so on).
TECHNICALSOCIAL
CULTURAL OTHER
LEGALECONOMICPOLITICAL
Thoughts for the Future
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Technology Development• We do not
necessarily need to invent or re-invent anything, but instead work with others who can and are doing this now (e.g., military, industry, etc.)
Thoughts for the Future
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The Cost of Success (Dangers)• With Progress
will come Setbacks
• Going forward, what will be the weakest link?
Thoughts for the Future
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The Cost of Success (Dangers)• With Progress
will come Setbacks
• Going forward, what will be the weakest link?
Thoughts for the Future
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Innovative Use of Data (Gains)• Case Study
Example: Data Mining of Social Media
Thoughts for the Future
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Innovative Use of Data (Gains)• Case Study
Example: Data Mining of Social Media
Thoughts for the Future
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Where Next: Case Study• Where will Wearable Technologies go next? • As a Case Study: Consider Hearing Aids• Fire Fighters with Hearing Impairments Need
Assistance.• Why Is This Not Being Developed for All Fire Fighters,
with Features to Optimize Fireground Work? – Allow setting for an individual’s hearing (needed or not)– Optimize/enhance certain sounds (e.g., radio, mayday, etc.)– Muffle/cancel certain sounds (siren, saws, etc.)– Satisfy the “Illities”, and make available for all fire fighters– Vision: standard helmet attachment
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