Wristbands with sensors and early starts: How Spain keeps working when the heat hits

The morning sun beats down on Antonio Reina as he tends to a public garden in Barcelona, but he works reassured that a simple wristband protects him in the summer heat. The device contains a sensor that detects body temperature. If Reina gets dangerously hot at the risk of making a potentially deadly heatstroke likelier, a red light and a sound raise the alarm. “It’s an extra layer of security. As it’s supposed to go off before you have symptoms, it lets you leave wherever your place of work ...

By none@none.com (AFP)