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Using sound waves to create a smart T-shirt

New smart textiles developed by researchers at ETH Zurich use acoustic waves and glass fibres to help make precise measurements. They are light, breathable and inexpensive, and offer great potential for medicine, sports and everyday life.

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Love Me: a sci-fi film production

With Xsens motion capture technology

Bluetooth connectivity favored for AI-ML powered smart ring

Building on the success of conventional wearables, smart rings have been enthusiastically embraced by early adopters with a finger on the pulse of cutting-edge yet fashionable health and fitness wireless products.

New knit haptic sleeve simulates realistic touch

Researchers at Stanford Engineering have developed a lightweight, comfortable knit sleeve that uses pressure-based haptics to simulate touch, opening up new possibilities for wearable devices.

Shape-changing soft material for soft robotics, smart textiles and more

Researchers encode multiple shapes into simple material

Columbia Engineers Knit a "Blanket" of Sophisticated Radio-Frequency Antennas

Researchers are the first to use traditional flat-knitting techniques to fabricate flexible, lightweight metasurfaces--large-aperture antennas--that can easily be stowed and deployed for long-range communications

A new set of eyes

Researchers develop the first wearable camera that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent medical administration errors.

Interactive mouthpiece opens new opportunities for health data, assistive technology, and hands-free interactions

When you think about hands-free devices, you might picture Alexa and other voice-activated in-home assistants, Bluetooth earpieces, or asking Siri to make a phone call in your car. You might not imagine using your mouth to communicate with other devices like a computer or a phone remotely.

Wireless motorcycle safety solutions protect riders on the road

Wireless tech-based solutions are emerging as a driving force behind much needed motorcycle safety improvements.

On-body electronics can monitor health, support creative expression

Two new kinds of on-skin electronics allow users to build and customize them directly on the body – with potential applications in biometric sensing, medical monitoring, interactive prosthetic makeup and more.

Graphene-based wearable strain sensor can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words

A wearable ‘smart’ choker for speech recognition has the potential to redefine the field of silent speech interface (SSI), say researchers – thanks to embedded ultrasensitive textile strain sensor technology.

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Podcast: You Don't Stand Straight But This AI Wearable Will Fix It

In this episode, we explore an innovative and sustainable wearable device designed by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to improve posture and we discuss why AI isn’t just a novelty in this product but a core feature that sets it apart from the rest!

What is Fashion Tech? Providing New Product Value and Customer Experiences with Technology

“Fashion tech” refers to the use of big data, AI, AR/VR, and IT in customer services; the development of products incorporating functional materials and wearable devices; and the application of electronics and digital technologies in manufacturing, processing, and distribution processes.