ASTiD AI App
FMI are going to transform its driver monitoring hardware into an Ai mobile app for drivers worldwide to predictively monitor their own alertness risk
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Fatigue and Alertness are opposing sides of the same proverbial coin, analogous with "glass half empty / glass half full". However, the perception of each condition is met with very different reactions. Stating you are fatigued during your shift can conjure up negative preconceptions about you ranging from job suitability, performance ability, productivity capability to "are you now a safety risk as well?" Whereas, saying you feel "less alert than normal” might be greeted with 'high-fives' for powering through, sticking with it and leading by example.
The reality may be that both conditions (increased fatigue / reduced alertness), are in fact equal in both severity of risk and operational vulnerability. Therefore, what is required is a shift in the cultural paradigm because we know that many safety-critical tasks and the work environment they are undertaken in, are often very demanding, challenging and exhausting - making reduced alertness inevitable!
At FMI, we believe that we can positively impact the wellbeing of personnel in those roles and the performance of the organisations undertaking them. Guiding both parties to make practical, commonsense/data-driven, informed decisions that will result in a much more productive, healthier and mutually beneficial "work-life" relationship.
Welcome to our world...
We are a team of sensory & applications technologists, sleep & risk mitigation scientists that seek out predictive, AI-enabled innovation to monitor and determine the risk, to which, reduced human alertness impacts safety critical operations that require high-levels of vigilance to complete tasks safely.
Facts & Stats
- To function adequately, adults need about 7 to 9 hours of sleep
- Lack of sleep also increases the build-up of beta-amyloids in the brain, a toxic protein that causes dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
- Blue screen light from smart devices and computers can suppress the release of melatonin (the sleep-inducing hormone) by up to 85%
- Inadequate sleep causes deactivation of the brain - especially in regions associated with alertness and mental performance which has severe effects on:
- Mood changes e.g. irritability, apathy
- Communication difficulties
- Difficulty concentrating making you easily distracted
- Reduced attention and decreased vigilance
- Difficulty processing information due to reduced short-term memory
- Slowed performance and increased errors
- Regularly having six hours of sleep or less has a 200% increased risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke later on in life
- After one night of less than 5 hours sleep there is a reduction of 70% in anti-cancer fighting immune cells, making shift workers especially vulnerable
A poor night’s sleep can seriously impact employee performance in any industry but when high levels of alertness and vigilance are required in safety critical tasks you need proven solutions that meet your demands but exceed your expectations.
FMI Applications deliver tailored “on-the-go/in-your-pocket” training modules combined with predictive behavioural monitoring supported with fatigue-based management apps.
The prevalence of fatigue became very evident with frontline lone workers and drivers during the Covid crisis due to extending working hours, unsociable shift schedules and the general resourcing demands that the pandemic placed upon individuals, supply chains, medical and community resources. With limited recuperation times between shifts, many people were severely fatigued both physically and mentally, commuting to and from the workplace as well as during it (BMC Psychology 2020).
How We Can Help...
iVoice Space Asset
IVoice is an Ai driven, predictive-risk algorithm that analyses and detects subtle indistinguishable to the ear, changes in human speech due to increasing tiredness and reduced alertness.
Learn MoreFatigue RADAR
Built in alignment with ISO31000:2018 guidelines for managing organizational risk, Fatigue RADAR is a supervisory application to assess higher-risk individuals remotely in real time.
Learn MoreASTiD
Is a multi-layered driver monitoring system that utilises predictive, cross-correlating algorithms to predict driver alertness in real time, minute by minute.
Learn MoreAlertness Training
Developed by our partner Fatigue Management & Sleep Solutions Australia. This state-of-the-art, e-learning program, provides expert, scientifically based, practical insight into improving the lifestyle and wellbeing of your workforce.
Learn MoreLone Worker, Survey
Our mission is to educate employers, their employees and their families as to the consequences and effects of reduced alertness on their safety, health, well-being, performance and productivity in work, at home and in the community.
Driving or operating machinery whilst tired is a lethal combination that places many lone workers at a very high safety risk. FMI would like to offer you the opportunity to participate in this short and completely anonymous survey to capture your view, opinions and concerns regarding the risk of reduced alertness.
The survey will form part of a much wider, global study on this issue and will take approximately two minutes to complete. Please encourage friends and colleagues to complete the survey so we can highlight the magnitude of the problem.
Click on the button below to be redirected to the survey and then follow the instructions:
Data protection: All data in transit is encrypted at all times using secure HTTP over SSL protocols. The data collected and transmitted will bear no personal information related to any specific medical or mental condition. All data is collected, stored, and protected in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998