The digital hardhart

Jan 15, 2010

OEMs have most of today’s new machines wired to the Internet. Why not wire up your hardhat? This is a project from Purdue’s University’s Emerging Construction Technologies website. The rest of the site is worth trolling around in if you’re addicted to this kind of stuff.

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