MakuSafe - Wearable Technology for Safety and Productivity
MākuSafe offers an advanced hardware solution designed to elevate both safety and productivity in the workplace. The scalable system includes wearable devices that are equipped with a variety of IoT-enabled sensors. These sensors continuously monitor environmental conditions, human motion, and proximity, providing critical data that helps enhance worker safety and health. Additionally, the device facilitates near-miss voice memo reports and 'good catch' observations, which can be sent directly to safety leaders for further action. The wearables feature sensors for detecting slips, trips, falls, force exertion, air quality, noise levels, and other environmental factors. With a durable and comfortable design, the device can be easily worn on an adjustable armband. MākuSafe’s solution also emphasizes worker privacy by ensuring no personal, biometric, or HIPAA-covered information is collected. Each base station can house up to 20 devices and performs charging and data transmission tasks. The system aims to provide actionable insights using analytics and machine learning to predict and prevent workplace accidents.
MākuSafe’s innovative hardware ecosystem is fully scalable for any size operation, job site, or workforce. Easy to deploy, “kits” include the MākuSafe wearable devices, armbands, base station kiosks, installation and ongoing support.
Workforce Wearable Device
The core wearable device is small but carries an array of IoT-enabled sensors which gather data on ever-changing environmental conditions, potentially hazardous human motion, proximity and location – all of which are essential to worker safety and health.
In addition, the wearable allows workers to record near-miss voice memo reports, good catches, and observations from the front lines with the push of a button. These reports and leading indicator data are sent to safety leaders for action.
Designed for Comfort and Durability
The device is easily clicked into a holster on an armband, worn on the worker’s upper arm on the outside of clothing. The armband is adjustable and comfortable throughout the workday. Designed to withstand the tough demands of industrial workplaces, at the end of a shift the device is returned to the kiosk, charges if needed and is ready to be checked out by another worker. Armbands are not shared, and are available as replacements are needed.
Worker Privacy
Worker privacy is a concern we take seriously. Nothing personal, biometric, or HIPAA covered is collected from the worker (no PII). Workers are not continuously tracked, but rather location is identified when an indicator is detected or snapshots of environmental conditions are taken. There is no auditory, visual, or haptic feedback delivered to the worker which could interrupt work or cause distraction.
Base Station Kiosk
The wall mounted base station houses 20 wearable devices, fulfills charging and provisioning functions, and acts as the edge device for internet communication in seconds to our cloud platform, MākuSmart. (Wired or wirelessly!)
The base station can be easily mounted wherever there is power. Workers can easily and quickly check out a device at the beginning of each shift and return their device to any open bay at the end of their shift.