Smart shoe sensors to detect health issues
A smart shoe with inbuilt sensors could improve the quality of life of older people through the early detection of dementia and diabetic ulcers.
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‘Smart’ shirt keeps tabs on the heart
A flexible carbon nanotube fibers can be incorporated into clothing to function as wearable health monitors.
A chain mail fabric stiffens on demand
Scientists have developed a 3D printed type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand.
Touch-sensing glove detects and maps tactile stimuli
Engineers have designed a new touch-sensing glove that can “feel” pressure and other tactile stimuli. The design could help restore motor function after stroke.
Face mask detects Covid-19 infection
Engineers have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes.
Smart carpet gives insight into human poses
A tactile sensing carpet can estimate human poses without using cameras, in a step towards improving self-powered personalized healthcare.
Forget wearables: smart fabrics to monitor health
Engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on the textile.
Smart textiles: a programmable digital fiber
In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
Ink residue inhibits conductivity in 3D printed electronic
Very thin layers of organic stabilizer residue in metal nanoparticle (MNP) inks are behind a loss of conductivity in 3D printed materials and electronic devices.
Smart textiles measure your movements
Researchers have developed clothing that uses special fibers to sense a person's movement via touch.
E-textiles made with new cellulose thread
Researchers have developed a thread made of conductive cellulose, which offers practical possibilities for electronic textiles.
E-textiles can be used to measure photoplenthysmography
Advances in wearable devices have enabled e-textiles, which fuse lightweight and comfortable textiles with smart electronics, and are garnering attention as the next-generation wearable technology.
Decentralized patient monitoring: Sensors quickly detect changes in vital signs
The Fraunhofer Institutes project M³Infekt aims to develop a multi-modal, modular and mobile system of sensors for monitoring infectious diseases.
Ideal placement for armband to track vitals
Researchers took a step forward in the development of an armband that could track the heart’s electrical activity without requiring bulky wiring or sticky gel on the skin.
Robotics: Soft pumps power artificial muscles
Robotic clothing that could help people to move more easily is a step closer to reality thanks to the development of a lightweight power system for soft robotics.
Sensor for smart textiles survives hammers
An ultra-sensitive, resilient strain sensor that can be embedded in textiles and soft robotic systems survived being tested by a washing machine and a car.
Magic fibers: ‘smart fabrics’ can change color
Researchers are testing new ways to spin liquid crystals into fibers that could be used in camouflage clothing or to create cleaning wipes that can detect the presence of bacteria.
E-textiles: Dyeing process gives electronic properties
Scientists have shown how smart textiles can be produced in a comparatively easy way, thus opening up new use cases.
Electronic skin reacts to pain like human skin
Researchers have developed electronic artificial skin that reacts to pain just like real skin, opening the way to better prosthetics, smarter robotics and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts.
Robotic textiles could enable new mechanotherapy
A new smart fabric that can be inflated and deflated by temperature-dependent liquid-vapor phase changes could enable a range of medical therapeutics.
High-tech clothing: Wearable health
Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate.
Smart fabrics with bioactive inks monitor body
Researchers have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body or in the surrounding environment by changing color.
Diabetes: 3D printed insoles hope for patients
Scientists claim that new 3D printed insoles can significantly improve the foot health of people suffering with diabetes.
Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
Scientists have created a prototype garment to demonstrate dynamic thermal radiation control within a piece of clothing by utilising the remarkable thermal properties and flexibility of graphene.
Smart textile fibers measure wearer’s health
Researchers have developed electronic fibers that, when embedded in textiles, can collect a wealth of information about our bodies by measuring subtle and complex fabrics deformations.
Nano-sensors help with diabetes treatment
Researchers have used printed, ultra-thin, and highly sensitive nanocomposite sensors for the treatment of patients in whom the blood sugar level is abnormally high (diabetes mellitus).
Washable textile coating repels viruses
Researchers have created a textile coating that can not only repel liquids like blood and saliva but can also prevent viruses from adhering to the surface.
Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs
A way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics allows scientists to create shirts or other garments that could be used to monitor vital signs such as temperature, respiration, and heart rate.
A smart bra for detecting early-stage breast cancer
EPFL students teamed up with startup IcosaMed to develop the SmartBra – the first piece of smart clothing that can be used for cancer prevention.