Smart Chair: IoT Based Health Telemetry for Air Traffic Controllers and Emergency Response Center Operators

Abstract

A correlation exists between decision-making process and physiological as well as psychosocial conditions of air traffic controllers (ATC) and emergency response center operators. The erroneous decisions made by them may lead to accidents that can put human life at risk. A SmartChair system with Internet-of-Things (IoT) based health telemetry is proposed in this paper as a solution to minimize the effects of physiological and psychosocial factors on decision-making process. The given architecture integrates a security system for workers identification and other modules for monitoring their physiological and psychosocial attributes. The first prototype of SmartChair system is implemented and tested. The generated results and observations indicate that the SmartChair system is a feasible and efficient tool for continuous health telemetry.