First showing of EIT Digitals' Fit to Perform Tachograph of tomorrow

EIT Digitals’ initiative Fit to Perform, will be showcasing for the first time the simulator that has to become the ‘tachograph’ of tomorrow. The showing will happen at the POST Expo, Paris on 30 September next. Fit to Perform is part of the EIT Digital Action Line Health and Wellbeing and its objective is to deliver the tachograph of tomorrow, making professional driving safer, healthier and more efficient. EIT Digital is a leading European open innovation organisation set up to foster digital innovation and bringing new ICT solutions to market.

Fit to Perform for professional drivers

Representative partners from the automotive value chain work together in Fit to Perform; from telematics providers to vehicle manufacturers, fleet owners and insurers. The partners further develop ICT solutions for risk-prone professionals and individuals based on cardio-respiratory and motion sensing to make professional driving a healthier and safer occupation. A first working prototype is ready and will be presented in a private workshop, at the POST Expo, Paris, on 30 September.

Is your driver safe?

Driving is an everyday activity for millions of people around the world. And for many businesses the most important source of income. However a serious challenge facing drivers today is their physical health. Many professional drivers suffer from back pain, obesity, sleep deprivation and stress. This is bad for the health of the driver, bad for business and bad for effective fleet management. Fit to Perform is tackling this problem by providing professional drivers a smart system with vehicle telematics and wearable technology that provides information, insights and personalised coaching. With the innovative high tech tool that Fit to Perform provides, the driver can share data with planning managers. They can use it to make a smart and well-informed decision in proving the drivers health and drivers performance. The result is: increased road safety for the society, improved quality of life for the driver, improved profit margin for the transportation sector.

Changing the automotive industry?

Partners in this collaborative open innovation initiative are (amongst others): Astrata, DFKI, FBK, Fiat, Imperial College, Philips, Telecom Italia, TrentoRise, Technical University Eindhoven and University College London. Do you want to know more about the ambition of Fit to Perform to change the automotive industry by developing the tachograph of tomorrow? Visit us at our stand (5034) at the POST Expo exhibition, Paris from 29-30 September to 1 October.