Supercapacitor Yarn Made from Nanowires

Supercapacitor Yarn Made from Nanowires

Batteries store electricity, but they’re not ideal for wearable Health Tech devices. They aren’t all that great in terms of how much power they can store in a given space, they are slow to charge, and they are slow to discharge. That’s why designers...
Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

This picture may not be all that compelling at first glance. It looks like someone has a wire with some white stuff on it. Or maybe the wire is glowing from electricity running through it. Here’s the scoop; that white section is indeed emitting light, but...
T-Shirt Measures ECG

T-Shirt Measures ECG

Last week, Imec and the Holst Centre jointly announced the development of a t-shirt that can monitor the wearer’s movement and heart activity. The key feature of this technology demonstration is that the shirt uses flexible smart fabric interconnects to gather...
Cloth Generates Electricity as You Move

Cloth Generates Electricity as You Move

Digital electronic wearable Health Tech devices need electricity to work their magic. This generally requires the use of batteries that have to be recharged or replaced periodically. But what if you could do away with the batteries (or come up with a way to keep them...
Sensor-Shirts for Young Athletes

Sensor-Shirts for Young Athletes

Now kids can get the same beneifits of biometric tracking that professional athletes can. Hexoskin has announced their first “smart shirt” for kids and teens.1 We’ve covered Hexoskin in the past here at Health Tech Insider. The company’s shirts...