Students Create a Jacket That Can Send Messages [VIDEO]

A group of students at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has created a wearable communication jacket for first responders in emergency situations.

Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians, for example, need to communicate with each other in an emergency, but smartphones are uniquely unsuited to the task. The mobile phone requires both hands and the attention of the person holding it - a liability when you're dodging hazards.

Crews therefore need devices with a much simpler user interface. That was the basic idea behind making the jackets, says Babak Farshchian of SINTEF ICT, a research organization in Norway.…
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