In the East Coast, summer is also called “construction season.” Cinstruction workers face humidity, heat, ornry drivers, and the sometimes chaortic traffic of I-95. Makers can help! Here’s a great project from xqingli using Adafrtui’s Circuit Playground to create a smart vest for outdoor workers. Here’s more from Instructables:
The name of this wearable project is the smart vest. It uses a heat pad for active heating and fans for cooling, and the battery is controlled by MOSFETs connected together. The vest is fitted with two temperature sensors, one of which primarily monitors the user’s body temperature and the temperature of the air inside the vest, and automatically activates the blowers or heat pad based on this information. Another temperature sensor monitors the heat pad’s temperature to ensure that it runs within a safe and effective temperature range, preventing user burns. The primary goal of the project is to improve the working conditions for outdoor workers.