A sensorized glove for industrial safety based on Near-Field Communication

Recent Information Technologies are progressively dramatically changing how industrial processes are carried out. This is leading to a new industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, in which productivity, efficiency and safety are improved significantly. Safety of workers and operators, in particular, is expected to improve thanks to pervasive technologies like wearable devices and sensors. In this paper we present a demo of a sensorized glove for industrial safety based on Near-Field Communication (NFC). The demonstration is a proof-of-concept implementation that shows how an NFC-enabled sensor installed in the glove of a worker can be exploited to monitor worker's action and report dangerous situations in advance in order to prevent accidents and injuries.