Can your t-shirt tell you your heart rate, EKG, temperature? This is not normal t-shirt but a smart shirt. This shirt is a co-op project by US-based Georgia Tech Research Corporation and SensaTex Inc-which is a textile engineering company. This smart t-shirt was designed to monitor the your heart rate, EKG, temperature, respiration and a host of vital functions, alerting the wearer or physician if there is a problem. The smart shirt is suitable for people like police, military personnel, elderly, athletes, infants, patients and firemen. The goal of smart shirt is to minimize casualties for first person responders by providing knowledge of their health condition to operators during emergency situations.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Smart Clothing
- The integration of electronic sensors and clothing is creating opportunities for wearables that measure vital statistics and alert individuals or medical staff.
- Health Wearables
- Wearable technology that can monitor vital signs from the body is creating new opportunities for telemedicine, personal health tracking apps and hospital management systems.
- Emergency Response Wearables
- Wearable technology for emergency personnel and critical responders is creating opportunities for reducing time to care and improving medical outcomes during the golden hour.
Sectors Adopting This
- Healthcare
- Smart clothing could transform healthcare by improving patient experiences and better informing clinicians with real-time data.
- Emergency Response
- First response organizations such as the police, fire departments, and military could leverage the benefits of smart clothing to improve the safety and wellness of their personnel.
- Sportswear
- Smart clothing can be used to develop new lines of active wear that monitor and track vital signs during activities and training, leading to better performance.
