Wearables
The future of smart textiles in daily life
Smart textiles are changing how we interact with the environment around us; fabrics are moving beyond their traditional roles to become integral and interactive components in our everyday lives.
Smart t-shirt helps manage stress and predict burnout in soldiers
AccYouRate has recently partnered with the Italian Armed Forces to explore the impact of incorporating smart textile technology in military gear.
Saline-charged battery for smart contact lenses
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a flexible battery, as thin as the human cornea, which draws power from saline solution.
Advancing wearable brain sensing
Presto Engineering and T&W Engineering announced their collaboration to develop an ASIC for measuring high quality, multi-channel dry-electrode EEG for next-generation wearable brain sensing.
Taiwan Semiconductor’s new ESD devices target wearables
Taiwan Semiconductor, a global supplier of discrete power electronics devices, LED drivers, analog ICs, and ESD protection devices, announces its new TESD Series of single-channel ESD clamping diodes offering size and performance specifications optimised for wearable applications.
New Cementex arc rated face shields
Cementex, the safety tool specialists, highlights the Cementex 17 Cal/cm2 Arc Rated Face Shield (AFS-180) with hard hat.
Infineon Lighting Shoe: prototype that listens and reacts to music
As global semiconductor manufacturer for power systems and IoT, Infineon Technologies AG enables solutions for a digitised world that is constantly setting new standards.
Smart fabrics can tell you where to go
A wearable, textile-based device developed by Rice University engineers could help declutter, enhance — and, in the case of impairments — compensate for deficiencies in visual and auditory inputs.
Over 500 investors back dementia-fighting SmartSocks
Over 500 investors have pledged to back an inventor’s SmartSocks – a technology that could transform care for people with dementia and non-verbal autism.
High-power load switching in space constrained applications
Nexperia, an expert in semiconductors, has released a new series of 500 mA dual resistor equipped transistors (RET) in ultra-compact DFN2020(D)-6 packaging.