監控機師的疲勞度，智慧科技布料即將實現
你相信紡織技術將來能夠防止機師、駕駛等工作人員疲勞駕駛嗎？歐洲紡織研究團隊正在通過其最新的織物創新科技使其成為可能。
諾丁漢特倫特大學(Nottingham Trent University)的先進紡織品研究小組(Advanced Textile Research Group)正在探索如何在飛行員制服上和駕駛艙座位上將智能感測紡織品嵌入，以便在飛行過程中即時監控及發現焦慮，達到防止災難發生。
由諾丁漢特倫特大學藝術與設計學院的Tilak Dias教授指導策劃，該小組正在開發一種先進的濕度感測紗線(moisture sensing yarn)監測人體出現的壓力指標，包括心率變化、體溫和排汗等等。搭配心電圖(ECG)傳感器系統、熱敏反應電阻和溫度檢測器(RTD)等設備，紗線將可以分辨機師是否正在疲勞駕駛、靈敏度下降或是注意力無法集中等狀況。
Dias說：「透過使用這種高科技智能紡織布料，我們能夠以完全非侵入式的方式提供新的預測和診斷技術來進行導頻監控。」「這將能夠更精確的了解，機師正在處理未知狀況時的心理、生理狀況。」
配合由西班牙SerTec工程公司主導的主動模擬駕駛增強計畫(ASCENT)，其中包括希臘Paragon SA和諾丁漢特倫特大學作為共同調查人員進行更廣泛的研究計劃。這項價值140萬的項目由歐盟委員會資助，力圖在未來幾年加入駕駛艙模擬器中。
諾丁漢特倫特大學高級講師和研究員威廉·赫利（William Hurley）說：「通過智能紡織技術收集的數據對於機師的培訓和開發將是無價的，並幫助新技術更快地融入駕駛艙。」「通過在模擬器中測試任何新技術來監控飛行員的精神狀態，可以更好地了解如何將這些技術集成到駕駛艙中。」
這項想法的初衷是讓智能紡織品可以不僅僅只是監測一般的健康、運動統計數據，而是開始能夠進一步協助航空飛行等重要的安全事件。
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This Smart Textile Could Monitor Pilot Stress Levels in the Future
What if textile technology could prevent stress for working wearers, like pilots? A team of European researchers is making this possible with its latest fabric innovation.
Nottingham Trent University’s Advanced Textile Research Group is exploring how smart textiles embedded in pilot uniforms and cockpit seats can detect anxiety during flights.
Led by professor Tilak Dias of NTU’s School of Art & Design, the group is developing an advanced moisture sensing yarn that could potentially monitor stress indicators, including variable heart rate, body temperature and perspiration. With an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor system, thermistors, and resistance temperature detector (RTD) chips, the yarn may also be able to tell if pilots are experiencing fatigue or becoming less alert.
“By using smart textiles we’re able to provide new prognostic and diagnostic techniques for pilot monitoring in a completely non-intrusive way,” Dias said. “This will enable the collection of data which will indicate the psychological experiences a pilot goes through while navigating a plane, potentially through unknown situations.”
Dubbed Active Simulator Cockpit Enhancement (ASCENT), the project is part of a broader research initiative led by SerTec Engineering in Spain with Greece-based Paragon SA and Nottingham Trent University as co-investigators. The $1.4 million project is funded by the European Commission and seeks to enhance cockpit simulators in the coming years.
“The data collected via the smart textiles technology will be invaluable for the training and development of pilots and help pave the way for new technologies to be integrated into the cockpit quicker,” Nottingham Trent University senior lecturer and researcher William Hurley said. “By monitoring a pilot’s mental state while testing any new technologies in a simulator, a better understanding can be developed of how these technologies can be integrated into a cockpit.”
The idea here is that smart textiles could start to serve functions beyond tracking the wearer’s fitness statistics and develop to a point where they start to ensure greater safety in instances like air travel.
Original Article: Sourcing Journal
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