Digitally enhanced work refers to all work within an organisation where digital technologies and data are used to make work more efficient, safer, higher in quality and less costly. Digitally enhanced work can focus on both employees and work processes.
Employees' ability and opportunities to perform their work can be enhanced through digital support systems. Examples include the use of exoskeletons, advanced wearable devices that give users additional strength and help them work more safely, or AR glasses that provide employees with the information they need to perform a task effectively. AR stands for augmented reality, which combines information from the physical and virtual worlds. Work can also be made safer by using sensors to monitor different types of exposure, such as temperature, noise and gases, and provide warnings when exposure reaches potentially hazardous levels.
Digitally enhanced work also involves the use of cognitive support systems, such as information and decision support, context-based guidance, technology-supported learning, sensor systems and a wide range of other digital systems. Digital enhancement can also be used to change and improve work processes. Big Data analytics and the development of artificial intelligence are examples of this.
At SINTEF, we conduct research and develop new technologies, while creating new knowledge about how organisations can use technology to digitally enhance their work. We have expertise in a wide range of important areas, including sensors, VR and AR, the working environment and HSE, work processes, Big Data, AI, and information and decision-support systems. SINTEF works closely with customers and users in both the private and public sectors to develop, apply and evaluate these technologies and systems.
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