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Wearable power solution for smart-textile electronics
The development of self-powered sensors using textiles could effectively reduce the problems caused by rigid batteries.
Advancing wearable technology for healthcare
Ohio State University’s Asimina Kiourti believes wearable technology can become a vital and seamless part of diagnostic health tools that provide major health benefits, improving...
Wearable sensors styled into T-shirts and face masks
Researchers at Imperial College London, UK, have embedded low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate and ammonia into T-shirts and face masks.
Energy harvesters show potential that fits like a glove
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas say they have made significant improvements to energy-harvesting yarns they invented called “twistrons”, which are made from...
Embedded pneumatic circuits for assistive garments
Textile-based pneumatic logic gates that could help people with functional limitations perform tasks without electronic assistance, eliminating the need for wearers to carry bulky power...
Tackling dehydration through sweat-sensing technology
Digital health company Epicore Biosystems has entered into a partnership with Denka, a Japan-based multinational technology and materials company.
Automotive supplier to collaborate on carbon fibre exoskeletons
Automotive supplier Mubea has entered into a co-operation agreement to commence production of robotic exoskeletons for smart power suits developer German Bionic of Augsburg, Germany.
Bio-inks for 3D-printable wearables
US researchers at Texas A&M University has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, much like...
Vest monitors with acoustic sensors record lung function
A technology in which noises in the lungs are recorded using a textile vest with integrated acoustic sensors is being developed by researchers at the...
Wireless sock monitors reduce rate of patient falls in hospitals
A study led by nurses at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center involving 569 hospitalised “fall risk” patients found the use of a wireless...