Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

LifeBooster aims to provide a solution for industrial corporations with a workforce in high risk situations and aneed to control rapidly increasing incident and premium costs. The LifeBooster solution is a real-time safetymonitoring system that provides alerts and recommendations to help predict and prevent accidents related toback strain. Unlike traditional reactive safety programs, the product aims to prevent accidents from occurring.The research team at Emily Carr University of Art + Design will take on the design challenges of theLifeBooster solution through a Design-led research inquiry. Emily Carr researchers and students will developmultiple prototypes, which will take form through a comprehensive research process that includes a literaturereview of prior art, pragmatic material research, and design activities that lead to proof-of-concept designartifacts and prototypes suitable for further evaluation and testing. The team will research novel textilemanufacturing methods and develop pragmatic patterns for the production of wearable soft-form technology(garments). Throughout the process the team will evaluate the LifeBooster solution by assessing the proposedproduct's lifecycle and sustainability.