Design analysis of wireless sensors in BAN for stress monitoring of Fighter Pilots
It is anticipated that wearable wireless sensors in Body Area Network (BAN) will increase the functionality of lifestyle and health care devices to gradually match the needs of society by year 2010 and people will carry their personal Body Area Network. The applications in areas like lifestyle, assisted living, sports, entertainment functionalities, toxic levels in the lungs of a Fire- Fighter, radiation exposure in war zones etc are already being explored. Yet one very exciting, revolutionary and life saving application in the form of Real time stress monitoring of Fighter Pilots through wearable wireless sensors in BAN has not been thought of. The statistics reveal that 40% of total flying accidents in Indian Air Force (IAF) occur due to pilot error, however, so far no scientific study has been undertaken to ascertain whether certain non-action/delayed actions taken by pilots in such accidents were related to stress induced. The current paper proposes the entire workable concept which when implemented will be able to provide some valuable insights of human behavior under high 'g' conditions as well as save lives of pilots.