Most health and safety provisions boil down to common sense, so why do so many workers take risks? Despite all your risk assessments, PPE and disciplinary procedures, workplace safety still hinges on the behaviour of your employees. If workers act contrary to these guidelines designed to protect them, they are also placing themselves in danger. […]
THE SAFEST ROUTE (letrajetleplussur.fr), the first navigation tool that puts your safety first.For the first time, the French State has made public in open source all road accident data. Groupama has decided to use them by cross-referencing them with the accident notifications of its 3 million policyholders to create the first service generating the least […]
Psst: That’s your tire leaking, but the Zus will warn you before it’s too late You may already know the Nonda company from its ZUS Smart Charger and the Nonda iHere, two innovative gadgets that locate both your car and your keys, respectively. Its latest in-car tool, the ZUS Smart Tire Safety Monitor, promises to keep […]
A tech startup on a mission to make modern commercial and housing estates energy neutral has outfitted the headquarters of a Dutch bank with the world’s first commercial, fully transparent solar-power-generating windows. The windows have solar cells installed in the edges at a specific angle that allows the incoming solar light to be efficiently transformed […]
Given the sheer numbers of things that go on in cars these days, it is, perhaps, a touch worrying that scientists still aren’t quite sure how the human brain reacts to distraction. It’s not really their fault: Sophisticated camera rigs and eye glance analyzing tools have only shown up in the last decade or so. The […]
Ever been sat on a plane and wondered ‘why oh why do plane windows buck the trend of being square?’ After all windows are usually square? So why are planes so special? Well there’s a super important reason why plane windows are rounded, one that keeps you safe every time you fly. Basically if the […]
On the expo floor at ASSE’s Safety 2017, Caterpillar displayed one of the latest tools in the battle against unsafe fatigue on the job. In-cab monitoring is a way to keep operators alert and safe. CAT’s Driver Safety System is a non-intrusive, in-cab fatigue detection technology that immediately alerts operators as soon as fatigue or […]
Doors are portals. Sometimes they’re just a means to an entrance, and sometimes they lead to other worlds. If you had a wealthy friend, maybe you remember walking into their house for the first time as a kid and being amazed by what you saw. If not a house, then perhaps a business. Maybe that […]