Have you seen examples of wearable technology intended for personal safety or emergencies?
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Yes and it works fantastic
Yes in mines and chemical plants all the time. Been around for decades
Yes, especially for women, babies and the elderly
There are plenty of these devices, though some may not strictly fall into the wearable category. Apple Watch is probably the most ubiquitous along with AirTags which can most definitely be used for safety. Garmin's inreach devices are often worn (carabinered to) hikers in remote areas should there be an issue. Some of our clients have and are developing tech in aged care for falls etc. Versions of this have been around for years, but are improving constantly.
My wife's Garmin watch has in fact false-alerted on several occasions, alerting me an "incident occurred when she's out for a run and all she did was change directions or stop suddenly.
Recently rolled out a mobile 'duress messaging' system that our behavior health clinicians are wearing. No issues to date.