Technologies88 – a privately held company based in Leeuwarden Netherlands and founded in 2005, is a pioneer in motion analysis systems technology. Our mission is to develop innovative solutions that provide practical decision making tools for business and consumer markets in the areas industrial processes, health and sports.
Technologies88 specialize in model-based techniques. These techniques use a system model to estimate immeasurable sensor variables based on currently measured features. This usually is the first stage in a project.
As a result a very high degree of understanding of the system is available and provide with accurate estimates of system features. These techniques also are used for system prognostics. This method have become a practical alternative to traditional diagnostic approaches such as data-driven techniques which require extensive processing periods to catalog the condition of interest.
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For markerless motion capturing Technologies88 has developed wireless wearable motion analysis technology. It runs on tiny, low cost microprocessors and is therefore very well suited for mass markets. By analyzing signals at the actual sensor less data has to be analyzed in later stages, saving bandwidth and computational power and thus saving energy.
With this patent filed technology there is no need for external measuring devices or reference points, as the motion is measured intrinsically. The sensor device is attached to the moving parts that are measured, like arms or legs. Almost all human movements that could benefit from this sensor technology to maximize the efficiency, have a repetitive character. The swinging of the pelvis when walking, and the curvature of the spine when lifting. For all of these patterns a reference pattern can be created and implemented in a wearable device.
The solution can be modeled into various wearable devices. Varying from card type to small inertial measurement units in straps, clothes, shoes etc. The IMU weighs only 9 gram including battery for 500 hours uptime. ------->
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