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October 10, 2012

MIT Develops Wearable Sensor Maps

By Wayne Adam

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have developed a wearable sensor pack that allows first responders to digitally map dangerous environments in real-time.

The sensor pack prototype, which is strapped to the user’s chest, is a sheet of plastic, roughly the size of a tablet computer, consisting of gyroscopes, a Microsoft (News - Alert) Kinect camera, accelerometers, a light detection and ranging rangefinder (LIDAR) and a push button to mark points of interest.

Basically, the system works by the use of laser scans to measure a given area... Read More

 

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