Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Hi-Tech T-Shirts from Sweden



Swedish "hi-tech" textiles researcher Lena Berglin has developed a comfortable tank top (a long with other garments) which measure your heart, muscular activity, and breathing rate while exercising. She developed these to help normal people with their problems, like for a person who had a heart attack and wants to exercise but their fear of another heart attack prevents them from doing that.

She works creating smart-textiles that transmit an electric current through them to achieve various results, like monitoring breathing rate, sensing danger, and identifying who is calling you on your cellphone just by looking at the color your purse turns.

View the original article here for more.

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