New Fabric Is Also the Sensor [video]

New Fabric Is Also the Sensor [video]

by | July 17, 2015 | Medical

If you’ve ever had an injury where you needed to have a leg or an arm wrapped with an elastic compression bandage, you have probably experienced firsthand the biggest problem with this treatment. “Is that too tight? Is it too loose?” The person...
Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

Experiment Creates Glowing Threads

by | July 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech

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...
IDTechEx: Sensors Woven into Washable Fabric [video]

IDTechEx: Sensors Woven into Washable Fabric [video]

by | November 24, 2014 | Fitness

This is a fitness product, and as such, I wouldn’t usually cover it here in Health Tech Insider. But this shirt from OMsignal is special because its sensors are woven directly into the fabric of the clothing. Other systems print sensors onto the fabric, or...
Flexible Fabric Conducts Electricity [video]

Flexible Fabric Conducts Electricity [video]

by | September 29, 2014 | Enabling Tech

Scientists from the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China have developed a new way to create flexible and stretchable devices. As published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society,  they have developed computerized...
Batteries by the Square Yard

Batteries by the Square Yard

by | August 13, 2014 | Enabling Tech

One problem with wearable technology and other mobile devices is that they require power to operate. For low-power devices, energy harvesting can be a solution, but most require stored electricity which is why we rely so heavily on batteries. Imagine that you simply...