Environmental Mapping Sensor

US specialists have created a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment the wearer has traveled through.

MIT experts are testing the sensor system

According to Wired, the Kinect sensor system is especially useful in cases where support for emergency response teams is needed.

In tests at MIT, when a specialist moves around buildings in a research facility, sensors continuously transmit data over the wireless network to a laptop placed inside a distant conference room. , where observers can track the person's journey on the map that the sensor has built.

The device has a hand-held button that allows the map to be annotated using the weather system, and members of the rescue team can add audio or text information to the map, such as the description. about a toxic chemical spill, or structural damage.

'The operational outlook of this system is a dangerous situation, and people wearing sensible suits are going to test the area,' said team leader Maurice Fallon.

According to Fallon, his team is approaching allowing the sensor system to become a text-based resume, like: 'I went to the left room, I saw that, and then I went to the room. next'.