A Web of IOT Sensors to Automate Quality Control in an IVF Embryology Lab
Abstract
IOT (Internet of Things) sensors have been very effective in real-time monitoring of an environment. With currently available low-maintenance sensors able to perform accurately for months on end, there is an opportunity to use this technology for sensitive monitoring of high performance lab environments, such as an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) lab. This paper is an attempt to use a network of well positioned IOT sensors to measure key parameters such as temperature, humidity, door-open count and volatile organic compounds (VOC) content inside an IVF lab non-stop for a stretch of one month and seek new insights from the resulting data in real-time.
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