A smartwatch for hazardous areas
The intrinsically safe industrial smartwatch IS-SW1.1 (photo) is said to be the world’s first ATEY/IECEx certified industrial smartwatch for zone 1/21. The smartwatch displays all important messages, hazard messages and measured values directly on the user’s wrist — “hands free.” Because the smartphone no longer has to be picked up to read short messages, this feature represents a decisive contribution to employee safety. Furthermore, in an emergency situation, it is possible to make an emergency call directly via the SOS button of the smartwatch on the wrist (connected to the emergency app of the smartphone) — the employee in distress can be located via GPS. The monitoring of vital functions like pulse and oxygen saturation additionally complement the safety concept. Coupled with a push-to-talk-enabled smartphone, users can employ the smartwatch as a remote PTT button. The RFID chip integrated in the smartwatch can not only read various RFID tags, but also emulate different contactless chip cards. — i.safe Mobile GmbH, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany