Soon, clothes that can monitor your health
European scientists are developing clothing, which they say will be able to monitor the wearer's health.
The 'intelligent textiles' contain embedded sensors designed to monitor body fluids such as blood and sweat.
Scientists say the aim is to use the clothes to check on groups such as recovering hospital patients, people with chronic illnesses and injured athletes.
As of now, the Biotex programme, which is funded by the EU and involves researchers from eight institutions, has developed a prototype multi-sensor test patch, which is ready for testing on volunteers.
Project co-ordinator Jean Luprano, from the Swiss technology company CSEM, told The Engineer magazine: 'Sensors have been built and have been tested in the lab. We have started their integration into textile patches. We will soon have a multi-sensor patch which will allow us to sense several elements in parallel.'
The 'intelligent textiles' contain embedded sensors designed to monitor body fluids such as blood and sweat.
Scientists say the aim is to use the clothes to check on groups such as recovering hospital patients, people with chronic illnesses and injured athletes.
As of now, the Biotex programme, which is funded by the EU and involves researchers from eight institutions, has developed a prototype multi-sensor test patch, which is ready for testing on volunteers.
Project co-ordinator Jean Luprano, from the Swiss technology company CSEM, told The Engineer magazine: 'Sensors have been built and have been tested in the lab. We have started their integration into textile patches. We will soon have a multi-sensor patch which will allow us to sense several elements in parallel.'
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