From a background of embedding washable electronics in smart PPE garments, we have moved to create an end to end connected worker data platform.  The story began when we were invited to a large plant where we saw that workers carried small personal gas monitors.  When we enquired, we found that if they sensed gas they alerted the worker, but not co-workers, and not the central control room.  On visiting the bunker control room we saw that it was primarily designed to monitor the pipes of the plant, but not each worker.  In an emergency, it appeared that it could be relatively blind.

We realised that by connecting each gas sensor to a small comms hub carried by the worker, we could monitor who was carrying each device, where they were on the site, and through real-time monitoring of the device status, ensure that the worker was safe.

Here was an opportunity to build a cloud-based Internet of Things platform that could be used across enterprise customers’ sites globally, but where each site could attach whichever sensors from multiple manufacturers were most relevant to its operation, and where uniform, timely data could be aggregated and analysed both locally and centrally to improve worker safety and in due course, productivity.  We wanted to ensure wherever possible that a site could attach its existing inventory of sensors.

More than six years and many granted patents later we offer a modular solution.  Following the connected home and connected car, we believe that the connected worker will be the next unexplored frontier in the Internet of Things.  Come and join us on our journey!

The Eleksen™ Connected Worker Platform has been created by Wearable Technologies Limited (WTL), a group of dedicated individuals who have pooled their talents to improve workforce safety. We have harnessed the new world of IoT to create an end-to-end connected worker solution, to deliver better data-based decision making across your business to ultimately drive profitability.

WTL, based in the UK, has the smart garment, hardware, software and data analytics skills needed to deliver an end-to-end platform to large enterprise customers in utilities, construction and logistics. Our mission is to assist our customers in improving their safety, increasing their productivity and reducing their corporate risk. The company, as an early entrant to the market, has over 40 granted patents.

Wearable technology is an emerging market of electronic devices that work as accessories, embedded in clothing or even implanted in the user’s body. These devices have an array of practical uses and are usually enhanced with the ability to send and receive data via the internet, thus putting wearable technology at the forefront of IoT (Internet of Things).

Our company, Wearable Technologies Limited, was created to deliver a wearable connected worker solution to the market.