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BRIEF: WPI wins $1.9M Army grant to develop wearable sensorsAug 28, 2012 (Boston Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Army to develop wearable sensors and a smartphone application that can detect serious blood loss in both soldiers and civilian trauma victims. The project will be led by WPI professor Ki Chon, head of the school's biomedical engineering department, and Yitzhak Mendelson, associate professor of biomedical engineering. The WPI team will develop miniaturized wireless sensors that soldiers can wear into battle, as well as create mathematical algorithms needed to process signals from those sensors to simultaneously measure seven physiological parameters, including a way to detect bleeding. In addition to sensors worn on the body, WPI staff will place the same monitoring capabilities on smartphones, which Army medics can use as hand-held diagnostic tools. The research will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. [email protected] ___ (c)2012 the Boston Herald Visit the Boston Herald at www.bostonherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services |