SINGAPORE -For the past month, Officer Cadet Shin Won Tae's has had a new 'buddy' while training in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE -For the past month, Officer Cadet Shin Won Tae's has had a new"buddy" while training in the Singapore Civil Defence Force .
Officer Cadet Shin, 27, and his fellow trainees have been using a custom-made smartwatch since mid July in a trial run of the wearable technology.Quantitative data will be collected from the smartwatch trial, and will be used to help the SCDF team analyse and optimise their training performances, said Major Hasan Kuddoos, who is the acting head of the responder performance centre at the Civil Defence Academy.
For example, instructors will be able to gauge if any cadet is over or under-exerting himself during exercises, by looking at the cadet's heart rate. The smartwatches also have a tracking system so trainers know where their trainees are at all times. If the cadet has over-exerted himself, he can trigger a"man-down" alert on his watch, to let his trainer and his closest compatriot know that he is not well. The watches are also personalised for each cadet, and Officer Cadet Shin said this helps them objectively gauge when to ramp up or tone down their training based on their own vitals.
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