LifeShirt System
VivoMetric, a health device company, created an updated prototype of their original LifeShirt system. The Lycra-type vest will be used to monitor vital signs of the wearer including heart rate, blood pressure and body posture. It collects this information in real time and sends it wirelessly to a monitoring station. You can use it while you’re running or bicycling or any other sport to keep track of your cardio system.
nECG Shirt
Nuubo is a wearable device company based in Spain that designs shirts to collect biometric data not only a wearer’s vital signs, but also how active a person is. This shirt uses a technology called BlendFix electrode that can measure a person’s movement. The nECG Minder sends data in real time to a wireless device or system for review. This gadget is similar to the one in your smart-phone, which enables it to “know” when you turn your phone on and adjust the screen accordingly.
iLoad Medicine Shirt
Schoeller Textile AG is a Swiss company that has developed a shirt that can be loaded with your medication via a transdermal (through the skin) delivery system. The fabric is what can be loaded with medicine and will dispense it depending on the dosing frequency. These shirts can deliver a number of meds ranging from anti-aging to nicotine control. The textile design allows the shirt to be “loaded,” used, washed and then reloaded with a new dose when you’re ready to wear it.
The Sleep Shirt
Always too tired to work out? The company Rest Devices has developed a shirt that monitors and records sleep activity and respiration. Two sensors in the shirt monitor your body and how your breathing while you rest. The data is then uploaded to the company’s website for review. Through analyzing your data, researchers can tell you how much and how well you’re sleeping and/or if you have any breathing problems like sleep apnea.
Smart clothes are allowing for breakthroughs in everything from medicine, fitness and sleep by giving users the ability to monitor themselves in real time. Wearers can adjust their posture, breathing, how hard they contract muscles, or how fast they are going based on their clothing’s feedback. Now the question is, will you listen to what you shirt is telling you?
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