Sensatex launches beta SmartShirt System

02 May '06

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Sensatex Inc is a textile engineering company focused on the development of Smart Textile Systems announced the Beta launch of its SmartShirt System.

Now ready for Beta testing, the SmartShirt System makes it possible to remotely monitor a wearer's movement, heart rate, and respiration rate in real-time through a patented nanotechnology conductive fiber grid that is seamlessly knit into the material of the fully washable shirt.

"Today, wearable technology is science, not science fiction," Robert Kalik, Chief Executive Officer of Sensatex, said.

Following a series of successful tests with first responders and the subsequent development of a seamless knit shirt integrating a conductive fiber system to wirelessly carry physiological signals from the body, Sensatex is ready to begin research and reliability studies using the SmartShirt System in a broad range of applications.

Possible uses for the system include home health monitoring for the elderly, observing outpatients in post-operative and chronic illness situations, training support for athletes, remote monitoring for first responders, hazard materials workers, and soldiers in the field, and watching professional truck drivers' vital signs to alert them of fatigue.

"Having a reliable way to monitor vital signs in real-time for those with hazardous duty missions would be a tremendous asset," William Earle, former Chief Financial Officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, said.

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