New Technology for Managing Fatigue
-Kevin Beswick
According to the National Safety Council, fatigue is a contributing factor for 13% of all work related injuries. To help mitigate this risk, development firms started creating software that will help monitor and manage fatigue about 10 years ago. However, with recent advances in technology, this movement has gained substantial traction.
There are many options now available. Some are driven by phone apps and others utilize wearable devices (such as watches). The assessment process can involve taking a brief test, monitoring vitals, motion sensing, measuring voice biomarkers, and eye movement. There are even devices that stimulate nerves to reduce fatigue and improve attention.
Here is a list of 10 programs that were recently recognized for their innovative approach, along with a brief description of each product and website links.
- Design Interactive: Greenlight is a mobile-based fatigue monitoring system integrating wearable and smartphone data to support safer performance in high-risk environments. Discover more on the Design Interactive Homepage.
- electrocore, Inc.: TAC-STIM is a handheld device that stimulates the vagus nerve to reduce fatigue and improve attention and decision making. Learn more on the official electroCore Platform.
- Impairment Science Inc.: DRUID is a mobile app using neuroscience-based tests to assess cognitive and motor impairment for fit-for-duty screening. Read about the technology at Impairment Science.
- Innsightful, Inc.: A wearable-enabled platform that continuously tracks physiological indicators to quantify workplace exhaustion and deliver real-time interventions. View details via Innsightful.
- MakuSafe Wearable Tech: A wearable and analytics platform that detects and predicts fatigue-related strain through motion sensing and environmental monitoring. Explore the system on MākuSafe.
- Predictive Safety SRP, Inc.: AlertMeter and AlertMeter FRMS assess worker alertness and provide predictive fatigue risk management tools. See how it works at Predictive Safety.
- Pulsar Informatics: Fatigue Meter is a predictive analytics platform originally developed from NASA technology that integrates wearable data, sleep tracking and alertness assessments. Access the analytics tool via Pulsar Informatics.
- SmartTec Inc.: Okaya is an AI-driven platform that extracts digital biomarkers from brief video check-ins to detect fatigue in real time. Check it out at Okaya.
- SOBEREYE Inc.: OPTOVERA is a smartphone-based assessment that measures how eyes respond to light to help determine fitness for duty. Learn more at sobereye.com
- Vocadian: A predictive voice AI solution that analyzes voice biomarkers and circadian science to forecast fatigue risk in safety-critical roles. Find out more at Vocadian AI.
