Wearable tech startup SpaceBands sets its sights on workplace safety

Wearable tech company SpaceBands is looking to move its devices from social distancing to workplace safety.

SpaceBands, a U.K. software and wearable tech startup, is one step closer to bringing its work safety device to the market.

The Bristol-based group entered the wearables market with its social distancing device in March 2020, gaining popularity with customers including the NHS, Panasonic, Sony and Amazon with a gadget that sounds an alert when another device enters a user’s chosen proximity.

Founded to help businesses to stay open during the pandemic, the team has now turned its attention to safety in the workplace with its newly developed wearable device and SaaS platform.

Similar in design to a smartwatch, the device monitors and alerts employers about potential workplace hazards, offering a means of conducting real-time and consistent safety checks of both the workplace environment and employee health. Core features include social distancing alerts with contact tracing logs, lone worker system, dangerous task check-in alerts and mobility prompts, as well as a beacon for moving machinery, a body temperature scanner and a quarantine and sickness calendar.

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