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Future washable smart clothes powered by Wi-Fi will monitor your health

From phys.org

Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on the textile.

 

In the near future, all your clothes will become smart. These smart clothes will outperform conventional passive garments, thanks to their miniaturized electronic circuits and sensors, which will allow you to seamlessly communicate with your phone, computer, car and other machines.

 

This smart clothing will not only make you more productive but also check on your health status and even call for help if you suffer an accident. The reason why this smart clothing is not all over your closet yet is that the fabrication of this smart clothing is quite challenging, as clothes need to be periodically washed and electronics despise water.

 

Purdue engineers have developed a new spray/sewing method to transform any conventional cloth items into battery-free wearables that can be cleaned in the washing machine.

 

"By spray-coating smart clothes with highly hydrophobic molecules, we are able to render them repellent to water, oil and mud," said Ramses Martinez, an assistant professor in Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering and in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering in Purdue's College of Engineering. "These smart clothes are almost impossible to stain and can be used underwater and washed in conventional washing machines without damaging the electronic components sewn on their surface."

 

read the study at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106155

 

read the original and unedited version of the article at https://phys.org/news/2021-06-wearables-future-washable-smart-powered.html

 

 


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Stephanie Chavarria's curator insight, November 12, 2021 2:40 PM
this is interesting to buy it is beneficial for other's and for people that really need it for example this website helps and gives goods reasons why we should be this type of product it says it's foe your health and good and not needs. 
Avidity Medical Design Consultants, LLC's comment, January 28, 2022 12:03 AM
Smart clothing is an excellent concept, especially being able to check on a person's health and call for help in the event of an accident. Thanks for sharing.
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Are Health Wearables Evangelists Fools? #hcsmeu #quantifiedself

From hitconsultant.net


Late last month, TechnologyAdvice released an interesting study looking at whether most people want to use health wearables such as fitness trackers and other tools for health purposes.



Here are the top-line results of this study:



- 75 percent of U.S. adults do not track their weight, diet, or exercise using a health tracking apps or devices


- 43.7 percent had no specific reason for not tracking their fitness 


- 27.2 percent won’t use these devices due to lack of interest

- 25.1 percent of adults are currently using either a fitness tracker or a smartphone app to monitor their health, weight, or exercise.


This sounds like pretty bad news for those who believe the era of health wearables is here. But, this study also raises another question: Are health wearables evangelists fools?


Fard Johnmar, Founder of Enspektos explains why relevancy is the key to boosting the adoption of health wearables.  


Read more at http://hitconsultant.net/2014/10/08/are-health-wearables-evangelists-fools/


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Consumer electronics industry is heading toward world of wearables and sensors

From venturebeat.com

The consumer electronics industry is expanding beyond its traditional borders as consumers start to adopt technologies that make use of ubiquitous computing power, sensors, and wearable product designs.

Shawn Dubravac, chief economist of the Consumer Electronics Association, made this observation of the industry at the first press event at the 2014 International CES, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas this week.


Among the trends he sees taking hold are mass customization, thanks to technologies like 3D printing. The 3D printing companies like Maker Bot have their own space at the show now, 7,000 square feet of exhibits, and it’s sold out. He believes about 99,000 3D printers will ship in 2014.


Consumers are also embracing lots of new screens in their lives. As an example, tablets didn’t exist as a big market in 2009. But now, in the U.S., Dubravac said that tablet ownership is expected to exceed 50 percent of households once the numbers from the holiday season are tallied up.


He also said that wearables and the spread of mobile devices are making more new technologies possible. And many of these new devices are autonomous, or able to do smart things on their via robotics or artificial intelligence.


Dubravac said that mobile devices are expected to outnumber computing devices sold to date sometime in 2014 or 2015.


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BandKids13-14's curator insight, January 7, 2014 10:19 AM

The electronics industry is advancing very quickly. The future is coming and its coming fast. Its crazy that people waste their money on these acessories. Thers really no need or use for them. You can function in the world without them. People have have before and they still will.

~~Jessica 
shamlabeth's curator insight, January 7, 2014 7:26 PM

To me the new and improved technology is a real eye opener. As the years go by many things are coming and going. In this article Dubravac is right about old technology we do begin to waste. What scares me the most is we will soon be able to operate things with our eyes.~Amanda
Emma Baker's curator insight, November 16, 2014 2:20 PM

Wearable technologies are making new technologies a possibility and are inspiring new gadgets and ideas. It seems that with every new wearable gadget there are updates. 
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