Development of the first low-cost, fire/water resistant, clinical-grade biometric sensors and method to embed them into heat-resistant fabrics and protective clothing.

“* Signal biomeics是一家创新的传感器和生命体征监测公司，源于F1赛车运动，我们的董事Ian Roberts博士和Alan van der Merwe博士目前担任FIA F1救援协调员和国际汽联F1医疗车司机。*尽管有1000个车载传感器，但热、电导率（电子设备）和将生物识别传感器集成到防护织物中的挑战意味着市场上没有传感器/系统来监测驾驶员或维修人员的生命体征，从而导致在不了解受害者状况的情况下进行事故处理。*为了解决这个问题，我们打算开发第一个可重复使用的、低成本的、防火防水的、临床级的生物识别传感器，并建立将其直接嵌入防火织物和个人防护服的最佳方法，以便在最极端的环境中监测生命体征，这在以前是不可能的（见应用2）。*该项目是由赛车运动、军事和急救行业的需求驱动的，以实时监测高风险情况下（例如在燃烧的建筑物中）员工的生命体征，从而在事故发生后实现更快、更安全、更明智的安全和医疗干预。虽然最初的目标是赛车运动（Y1），但这项技术具有更广泛的潜力，它使任何防护服都能嵌入生物识别传感器，从而打开了包括极限运动、救援和重型制造在内的应用领域，在这些领域，远程、非侵入性地监控身处危险环境中的一大群人的能力目前是不可能的。*与FIA合作，迄今为止，我们已经开发了概念验证硬件和软件，可以同时实时连续远程监测100个用户的生命体征。该项目的重点是克服与开发新材料特性相关的技术挑战-防火和防水-以及制造方法-可重复使用，低成本，集成到防火，保护织物/服装中-用于临床级生物识别传感器，同时不影响性能和舒适性。*我们的技术将是同类技术中的第一步，是我们开发全系列可穿戴传感器的重要一步，用于测量体温，心率变异性，极端高温和潮湿环境下的皮肤电反应。到2018年，企业生物识别可穿戴设备的市场将达到96亿英镑（122亿美元）（56.1%的复合年增长率- Fung Global Retail and Technology， 2015年），并相信该项目将带来2500万英镑的营业额，其中50%与出口有关，并创造5个新的就业机会。”

"* Signal Biometrics are an innovative sensor and vital signs monitoring company borne out of F1 motorsport where our Director's Dr Ian Roberts and Alan van der Merwe, currently work as the FIA F1 Rescue Coordinator, and FIA F1 Medical Car Driver. * Despite 1000 in-car sensors, the challenges of heat, conductivity (on electronics) and integrating a biometric sensor into protective fabrics mean that there is no sensor/system on the market to monitor the vital signs of drivers or pit-crew - resulting in accidents being attended uninformed of the victim's status. * To address this, we intend to develop the first reusable, low-cost, fire & water resistant, clinical-grade, biometric sensors and establish the optimum method for embedding them directly into fire resistant fabric & personal protective clothing to allow vital signs monitoring in the most extreme environments, where previously not possible (See App2). * The project is being driven by demand from the motorsport, military & first responder industries to monitor in real-time the vital signs of employees in high-risk situations e.g. in a burning building - enabling quicker, safer, informed safety & healthcare interventions after an accident occurs. Although initially targeted at motorsport (Y1), the technology has much wider potential by enabling any item of protective clothing to be embedded with a biometric sensor - opening up applications including extreme sports, rescue and heavy manufacturing, where the ability to remotely, noninvasively monitor large group of people involved in hazardous environments is not possible at present. * Working with the FIA, we have so far developed proof of concept hardware & software to allow continuous, remote monitoring of 100 user's vital signs concurrently in real-time. The project focuses on overcoming the technical challenges associated with developing new material properties - fire & water resistance - and the manufacturing method - reusable, low-cost, integration into fire-resistant, protective fabric/clothing - for clinical-grade biometric sensors without compromising performance and comfort. * Our technology will be the first of its' kind and is an important step to us developing a full range of wearable sensors to measure body temperature, heart rate variability, galvanic skin response in environments of extreme heat and humidity. The market for enterprise biometric wearables will reach £9.6bn ($12.2bn) by 2018 (56.1% CAGR - Fung Global Retail and Technology, 2015) and believe the project will result in turnover of £25m by Y5, 50% related to exports, with 5 new jobs created."