T-Shirts and Face Masks as Biosensors

Wearable sensors styled into t-shirts and face masks
“While wearable devices such as smartwatches have made incredible advancements in monitoring one’s health, the use of wearable sensors in clothing hasn’t been widely available, primarily due to the lack of suitable conductive threads. This has changed with the introduction of PECOTEX. “PECOTEX is high-performing, strong, and adaptable to different needs,”. . . . “It’s readily scalable, meaning we can produce large volumes inexpensively using both domestic and industrial computerized embroidery machines. Our research opens up exciting possibilities for wearable sensors in everyday clothing. By monitoring breathing, heart rate, and gases, they can already be seamlessly integrated, and might even be able to help diagnose and monitor treatments of disease in the future.” MORE
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