{"673593":{"#nid":"673593","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Real-Time Heat Protection Device Being Tested in Florida","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EResearchers with Georgia Tech and Emory University are field testing a new device that could help protect people who work outside from heat related injury. It\u2019s a skin patch you can wear while working that sends detailed information to a smartphone or other device about important health markers like skin hydration and body temperature. The device takes different measurements than health wearables on the market currently and will be paired with an artificial intelligence program to predict health hazards. The team is calling the device BioPatch, and it\u2019s being put to the test with landscaping crews. Researchers hope use of the device can guide better decisions about working in the heat.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe project involves collaboration between principal investigators Vicki Hertzberg from Emory University, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/yeo\u0022\u003EW. Hong Yeo\u003C\/a\u003E from Georgia Tech, and Li Xiong from Emory University. Their expertise spans statistics, mechanical and biomedical engineering, and computer science, respectively. Roxana Chicas of the Emory School of Nursing and Jeff Sands of the Emory School of Medicine, along with members of the Farmworker Association of Florida, are also part of the team. This video shows the device and data collection during a key component of testing during the summer.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmory University and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using a $2.46 million grant to test and continue developing a wearable BioPatch for farmworkers and others who work outside, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This BioPatch will use multiple sensors to predict heat-related illnesses, dehydration, and acute kidney injury. By transmitting data to a smartphone or other device, artificial intelligence tools will provide real-time warnings to workers with the goal of reducing health risks associated with occupational heat exposure. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Wearable bio-measurement device could alert people who work outside to dangerous levels of rising body temperature and dehydration that could help avoid heat-related injury."}],"uid":"36174","created_gmt":"2024-03-18 19:58:41","changed_gmt":"2024-03-28 15:31:43","author":"Blair Meeks","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673430":{"id":"673430","type":"video","title":"Real-time heat protection device tested in Florida","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEmory University and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using a $2.46 million grant to test and continue developing a wearable BioPatch for farmworkers and others who work outside, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This BioPatch will use multiple sensors to predict heat-related illnesses, dehydration, and acute kidney injury. By transmitting data to a smart phone or other device, artificial intelligence tools will provide real-time warnings to workers with the goal of reducing health risks associated with occupational heat exposure. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1710790950","gmt_created":"2024-03-18 19:42:30","changed":"1710790950","gmt_changed":"2024-03-18 19:42:30","video":{"youtube_id":"uhIaAVuWTHo","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uhIaAVuWTHo"}},"673432":{"id":"673432","type":"image","title":"Wearable biosensors in the lab","body":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers in Hong Yeo\u0027s lab at Georgia Tech work on wearable sensor technology that\u0027s being field-tested through a collaboration with Emory University and the Farmworker Association of Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1710791831","gmt_created":"2024-03-18 19:57:11","changed":"1710791624","gmt_changed":"2024-03-18 19:53:44","alt":"Researchers in Hong Yeo\u0027s lab work on the electronics of wearable biosensors","file":{"fid":"256828","name":"Group in Yeo lab.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/18\/Group%20in%20Yeo%20lab_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/18\/Group%20in%20Yeo%20lab_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2198696,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/18\/Group%20in%20Yeo%20lab_0.jpg?itok=kY3r4O7H"}}},"media_ids":["673430","673432"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/24\/researchers-develop-wireless-monitoring-detect-sleep-apnea-home","title":"Other wearable sensor research"}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1503","name":"Biotechnology"},{"id":"193573","name":"Health and Technology"},{"id":"193574","name":"Heat Related Injury"},{"id":"10442","name":"Wearable Sensors"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Blair.Meeks@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBlair Meeks\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}