It’s not surprising wearable devices are becoming popular with athletes and sports scientists to try and gain a performance advantage. Brandon Larson, a technologist with the Red Bull High Performance group has experience working within this field and has led a project to collect data and provide insight to several elite surfers.
Read MoreConsumers are demanding more and more of their clothing, not just in terms of fit—which they expect to be precisely right—but in terms of functionality. Comfort, after all, plays a role in determining whether someone will like a product or not.
Read MoreThe initial research was focused on determining how the pressure of a surfer’s feet is transferred to the surfboard to control it. To accomplish this, high resolution pressure mapping was used in conjunction with sensors within the insoles of ‘booties’.
Read MoreExtremely sensitive, thin, conformable tactile sensors will play a key role in the next generation of consumer wearable and clinical devices that measure blood pressure.
Read MoreDesign engineers interested in integrating miniature force sensors into product designs now have an option to evaluate and integrate a new breed of capacitive technology-based sensor that can accurately, and with high repeatability, measure forces as low as 1 gram.
Read MoreSleepSmart Pillow is an amazingly comfortable pillow that can be adjusted with your head on it to provide individualized support, and it comes with the SleepSmart App.
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