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 Biometrics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货车der Merwe目前担任FIA F1救援协调员和FIA F1医疗车司机。* 尽管有1000个车内传感器，但热、传导性（电子器件）以及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站工作人员的生命体征-导致事故发生时不了解受害者的状态。* 为了解决这个问题，我们打算开发第一个可重复使用、低成本、防火和防水、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，以允许在最极端的环境中进行生命体征监测，这在以前是不可能的（见附录2）。* 该项目受到赛车运动、军事和急救行业的需求推动，以实时监测处于高风险情况下（例如，在燃烧的建筑物中）的员工的生命体征，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。虽然最初针对赛车运动（Y1），但该技术具有更广泛的潜力，使任何防护服都可以嵌入生物识别传感器-打开包括极限运动，救援和重型制造在内的应用，目前无法远程，非侵入性地监控危险环境中的大群人。* 与FIA合作，我们迄今为止已经开发出了概念硬件和软件的证明，可以实时地同时对100个用户的生命体征进行连续的远程监控。该项目的重点是克服与开发新材料特性（防火和防水）和制造方法（可重复使用，低成本，集成到防火，防护织物/服装中）相关的技术挑战，用于临床级生物识别传感器，而不会影响性能和舒适度。* 我们的技术将是同类产品中的第一个，是我们开发全系列可穿戴传感器的重要一步，以测量体温，心率变异性，极端高温和潮湿环境中的皮肤电反应。到2018年，企业生物识别可穿戴设备市场将达到96亿英镑（122亿美元）（复合年增长率为56.1%- Fung Global Retail and Technology，2015年），并相信该项目将在5年前实现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."