How wearable tech will change the way we work

While it is common for sports teams to use wearable tech to monitor athletes, the transition has yet to completely enter the workplace.

However, Chris Brauer, Director of Innovation at Goldsmiths, University of London, thinks it will not be too long before this changes: “There isn’t a competitive sports team in the world that doesn’t adopt high-end analytics tracking the athletes on the field, off the field, at home, when they’re sleeping, when and what they're eating. The workplace is heading towards that model.”

Employees working in oil and gas, or mining and construction, have already started using military chest-mounted sensors that gauge heart rate, stress levels, breathing, skin temperature and body position.

Equivital, the company that makes the technology, are currently working on systems that will flag up when someone is 20 minutes away from heat stress.