A partnership between Loughborough University and DJB Instruments is developing unique sensors capable of measuring impacts to the body.
Part-funded by Innovate UK, the two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership will underpin next generation wireless accelerometers. These devices that measure acceleration forces and vibration have applications across healthcare, sport, and the aerospace and automotive industries.
The emerging technology will be small enough to embed in clothing without restricting the wearers movement.
It will be able to monitor the impact of rapid acceleration and deceleration on a drivers body, and study the physical effects of vibration from machinery or sports equipment.
The technology could also support healthcare, offering reliable and immediate remote detection of falls by measuring the shock acceleration of a patient tumble from bed, for example, so that prompt assistance and medical support can be provided.
It is anticipated that the project will create new jobs and boost DJB Instruments turnover within three years.
Neill Ovenden, MD of DJB Instruments, said: This partnership with Loughborough University is a critical element of our technology platform development. We are very lucky to be working with one of the UKs leading engineering universities, and we are looking forward to learning from the team there as well as passing on our own industry experience.