Wearable tech Fitness shirt
2012 will see hyper activity in research and development of smart shirts for sports/fitness apparel – at least this is my view on the ‘killer application’ in wearable tech this year. Smart shirts, having textile sensors integrated that pick up [...]
Sensible clothing stretches the imagination
Sensible, sensing clothing are a fascinating topic which has got the intention of a highly creative team which integrates Merlin Stretch Sensor into beautifully designed garment to sense the wearers movement. The movement data can then be used for various [...]
ITcares – smart textile monitoring for patients
Infos about the prototypes on stage during the Smart Textiles Salon keep coming thanks to our friends Lina Rambausek and Anne Schwarz who are busy to organize this event under the supervision of Prof. Lieva Van Langenhove at UGent. Today’s [...]
OFSETH – smart textile sensors for healthcare
OFSETH (Optical Fiber Sensors Embedded into technical Textile for Health-care) is a European project of the 6th Framework Program and will be part of the Smart Textiles Salon prototype presentation in Ghent, a European workshop jointly organized by the European [...]
Knitted sensor patent awarded to SmartLife
SmartLife® Technology Ltd, a UK based Medical Technology Company with the aim to become a leading global provider in the field of wearable monitoring systems just got a step closer to achieve this aim by being awarded an international patent [...]
eTextile DIY – Proximity Sensing Fabric
This weeks eTextile DIY project introduction comes from Adrian Freed, Research Director at CNMAT (Center for New Music and Audio Technology) who is by the way organizing the Interactive e-textile Workshop with Arduino LilyPad (still some places left for the [...]
The Digital world at your fingertips
Plusea aka Hannah Perner-Wilson is one of the most active wearable technologists judging on the amount of her DIY instructions especially around textile sensors and interactive clothing for performing artists. Her most recent creation posted on YouTube is the ‘Sensitive [...]
