CULT OF MAC - Aug 4 - The idea behind Thin Ice is that when your body is cold, it works harder to pump heated blood throughout to keep you from freezing. It burns fat to do this, so when the specially designed insoles and vest apply cold to strategic areas, the creators claim that your body will stay in winter mode and burn “between 500 and 1,000 calories a day.”
Smart Clothing To Take Over Wardrobe
THE GUARDIAN - Aug 3 - According to Gartner, smart clothes are predicted to surpass smartwatches and fitness bands to become the biggest wearables sector by next year, with 26 million smart garments expected to be shipped in 2016, up from 0.01 million in 2013.
Xiaomi Sneakers With Sensors And Phone Connectivity
PHONE ARENA - Jul 15 - The waterproof sneakers are made by Li-Ning, a local athlete brand, and sport a military grade motion sensor, as well as a Bluetooth chip inside the midsole. Pressure and motion sensors inside register walks and runs, then relay fitness stats to a pedometer or calorie counter health app. Xiaomi's shoes cost just 199 yuan, which is about $32, and the battery is said to last more than a year.
Oxstren’s Smart Glove
TECH PORTAL - Jul 14 - Oxstren Smart Glove is an intelligent wearable pair of gloves to be worn during workout sessions, featuring a group of electronic sensors beneath the sweat resistant layers and a smart fabric made of leather and latex which is developed and patented by Oxstren. The device measures essential metrics of the body that can be viewed in real time over the display of mobile app while simultaneously getting fed into cloud servers for further analysis and processing.
14M German Amateur Athletes Interested In Smart Clothing
TELECOMPAPER - Jul 13 - 12% of those surveyed by German IT association Bitkom said they would definitely want to use these products, and 13% would consider it. Young athletes showed the greatest interested, 30% of respondents aged 14-29 compared to 23% aged 65+. Men are slightly more open to the high-tech clothing, 27% vs. 23% of women.
Neri Oxman Replicates Biological Functions
TECH TIMES - Jul 7 - A new concept line of wearable devices designed to augment human biological systems, with the designer, Neri Oxman, implanting synthetic microorganisms into custom-designed vessels, each attempting to model a different system in the human body: the digestive system, the nervous system, the skeletal system and the integumentary system.
Puma's Pwrcool Gear Cooling Technology
STRAITS TIME - Jul 7 - Pwrcool apparel has cooling prints on the inside, while the footwear uses a ComfortTemp tongue liner to regulate body temperature.
Smart Swimsuits To Prevent Sunburn
GOOD - Jul 6 - French beachwear company Spinali Design has come up with a line of high-tech swimsuits and towels that are embedded with a waterproof sensor chip which measures time and duration of exposure to harmful ultra-violet light, and alerts the wearer via smartphone app when it’s time to add another layer of sunscreen, or get out of the sun altogether.
Borre Akkersdijk Develops Smart Clothing
BUSTLE - Jul 1 - The "BB.Suit," is a 3D-onesie with a battery pack, Wi-Fi access spot, Google Maps GPS tracker, and crowdsourced playlist. Akkersdijk has also developed a suit capable of cleaning up about 100 square feet of polluted air around the wearer, and also included a filter with the ability to read smog levels.
Sensoria Fitness Smart Socks
PCMAGAZINE - Jun 30 - The Smart Socks ($199 for the bundle, including two pairs of socks, one ankle cuff, and one charger) are laden with sensors that measure pressure to determine if user is heel-striking or landing on the ball of your foot while running. An ankle cuff snaps magnetically into place to capture more typical running metrics, such as speed and pace.
GSR Emotional Sensors In Wearables
DESIGN NEWS - Jun 29 - GSR is beginning to make its way to the masses in some of the latest wearables to hit the market, including Jawbone’s UP3 and Microsoft’s Microsoft Band.
The Moodmetric Ring uses the sensor to measure a user’s emotional reactions throughout the day. The ring sends real-time information to the Moodmetric smartphone app via Bluetooth, giving users instant feedback on their mood and emotional levels as well as exercise tips to help them calm down if they find themselves overly charged.
Sensoree's GER (Galvanic Extimacy Responder) sweater uses the information gathered from GSR sensors worn on the hands to change the color of the LED lights in the sweater’s cowl to match the mood of the wearer.
University Of Tokyo Team Develops Stretchy Smart Cloth
GIZMODO - Jun 28 - Japanese researchers have created a printable conducive ink on cloth, in a single-step process, electrodes and wires can be printed on both surfaces of the textile using the wonder ink. This new super cloth is also way softer and stretchier than today’s harder, more rigid wearables and printed electronics. Even when stretched to three times its length, the ink remained highly conducive.
by Bryan Lufkin
See full article at Gizmodo
OMsignal Tee: Couture Classic Smartwear
TECH TIMES - Jun 20 - The biometric T-shirt is made of a machine washable polyester/lycra fabric interwoven with sensors that act as a 3-lead EKG, measuring heart rate, breathing and other vital stats. A detachable Smart Box houses an accelerometer and acts as a transmitter and memory card. Pairing the OMsignal Smart Box with an app that overlays vital statistics on an interactive workout video led by a personal trainer helps to optimize a workout.
LUMATIV Partners With Top-Tier Sports And Entertainment Brands
FORBES - Jun 9 - LUMATIV’s line includes a "E5" snapback cap, a patent-pending LED-based system featuring a choice of 19 colors, five dynamic motion effects and a seamlessly hidden battery to power the hat, rechargeable via a microUSB cable. Current partners have been leveraging networks in the sports, music and entertainment spaces to broaden LUMATIV’s reach and connect the brand to potential partners and customers.
ATTACH (Adaptive Textiles Technology With Active Cooling And Heating)
PRINTED ELECTRONICS WORLD - Jun 3 - An engineering project at the University of California, San Diego, funded with a $2.6M grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency could potentially reduce heating and air conditioning bills for buildings and homes by regulating the temperature around an individual person, rather than a large room.
Google Partners With Levi’s On Smart Clothing
WT VOX - Jun 1 - The partnership till create smart clothing using Project Jacquard, a conductive textile material that can be woven into any fabric to integrate touch sensors, haptic feedback, and more into things like jeans, car seats, and curtains.
Sensilk Smart Sports Bra Fitness Tracker
TODAY - Jun 1 - Sensors built into the new Flight Tech Sports Bra sync to wearer's smartphones and track heart rate, calories burned, duration, distance, days since the user's last workout and more.
Lenovo Smartwatch, Virtual Keyboard And Smart Shoes
CNET - May 29 - At its Lenovo Tech World conference on Wednesday, the company revealed concepts for 3 new products designed for mobile use.
The Magic View smartwatch would offer 2 screens -- one with a regular view and the second with a virtual display 20 times larger than the standard display. The watch uses optical reflection to create the virtual image, which lets users read a map, view photos or even watch a video.
The Smart Cast virtual keyboard is projected onto a table or other object, giving smartphone users a full-sized keyboard on which to type. The projector can display the content from a smartphone onto a wall or large screen, ideal for giving presentations, watching videos and playing games.
Smart Shoes have the ability to display mood and fitness data directly on small screens embedded into the shoes. The device would be able to track your heart beats and calories consumed as well as display directions to your destination.
MidEast Launch For Hexoskin Vest
ARABIAN BUSINESS - May 24 - A new vest that measures personal health information like heart rate, breathing rate, and sleep activity has been launched in the Middle East. The biometric vest allows a person to measure and monitor their EKG, calorie intake, activity level, number of steps, and more.
by Lubna Hamdan
See full article at Arabian Business
"Smart Clothing And Body Sensors" Report
BUSINESS WIRE - May 19 - Research and Markets has announced a new report that examines the market opportunities for smart clothing and body sensors including a detailed analysis of market drivers and challenges, technology issues, and the industry ecosystem. The study provides global shipment and revenue forecasts through 2020, segmented by device category, application market, connectivity technology, and world region.
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