Seeing Machines Embrace Pathway to Disability Employment
Re-thinking the Workforce: Seeing Machines Embrace an Innovative Pathway to Disability Employment
*From JobAccess
Road accidents involving commercial vehicles are a common cause of casualties worldwide.
In Australia alone, there were nearly 150 fatal crashes involving heavy trucks during the 12 months to March 20191. Canberra-based technology company Seeing Machines aims to change this.
Seeing Machines is at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) technology that equips machines to decipher facial expressions.
Preventing Accidents Through Technology
It uses its proprietary Guardian technology to help prevent accidents and improve safety through real-time driver monitoring and reporting of high-risk behaviours such as fatigue and distraction. So far, the technology has helped detect over 4 million distraction events and, over the past year, intervened in more than 109,000 instances of fatigue.
Until recently Seeing Machines offered 24-hour support to global logistical and transport enterprises from its Guardian Centre in Tucson, Arizona in the United States. An operational review to adopt a ‘follow the sun’ approach saw Seeing Machines launch a new monitoring centre in Canberra to share services with Tucson.
Encouraging Disability Employment
With a view to encourage disability employment, Seeing Machines introduced Project Embrace – an initiative to create targeted opportunities in Canberra for the local community of neuro-diverse candidates, including people on the autism spectrum.
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