Tracking elderly mobility to improve failing infrastructure

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By using affordable, wearable sensors, senior citizens’ heart rate, electrodermal activity, and skin temperature can be tracked by University of Michigan researchers to help improve failing infrastructure. • ----- • Watch more videos from Michigan Engineering: / michiganengineering • The University of Michigan College of Engineering is one of the world’s top engineering schools. Michigan Engineering is home to 12 highly-ranked departments, and its research budget is among the largest of any public university. • http://engin.umich.edu/ • ----- • More on the video: • Often times, failing and poorly designed infrastructure such as uneven pavement, sidewalks, and ramps induce stress for those with limited mobility. These environmental barriers can be identified by using sensors, and the data can be used by the local government to improve transportation and construction design. • This research is led by SangHyun Lee, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at U-M: • https://cee.engin.umich.edu/people/sa... • Read the Paper: “Wristband-type wearable health devices to measure construction workers' physical demands,” Automation in Construction (2017). • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017... • Follow Michigan Engineering: • Twitter: / umengineering • Facebook: / michigan.engineering • Instagram: / michiganengineering • Contact Michigan Engineering: • https://engin.umich.edu/about/contact/

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