The Wearable Technology Lab at the University of Minnesota is exploring mechanically active textiles and garments that squeeze or support the body, such as this compression vest, which changes shape via shape memory alloy materials. For control, effective sensors are required, an especially challenging problem because of the difficult sensing context presented by the body’s […]
Getting smarter about wearables
Challenges remain to bringing products to market, but wearable tech is advancing beyond wristbands.
Features | February 17, 2021 | By: Pamela Mills-Senn
You might also like...
Fabric structures provide crucial support in disasters
AI saves businesses time, but it needs to learn physics
The happiness effect at American Tent
Rachal McCarthy builds on 40 years of progress at NTI Global