Technology, particularly the rapid growth of very low-cost wearable sensor technology, is bringing industrial hygiene techniques to the masses. How do the promise and problems with high tech IH impact you?
Wearable sensor technology is an old IH concept illustrated by an employee wearing a monitoring device such a noise dosimeter. Exploiting the microphone in a smartphone to create an app to measure sound levels is now included among the wearable sensor technology for the masses.