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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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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.
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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.
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Researchers encode multiple shapes into simple material
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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
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Researchers develop the first wearable camera that uses artificial intelligence to help prevent medical administration errors.
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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 tech-based solutions are emerging as a driving force behind much needed motorcycle safety improvements.
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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.
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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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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!
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'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.
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with Xsens Motion Capture
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KIT spin-off StraightUp aims to permanently relieve posture-related back pain
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