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Holst Centre Demonstrates Smart Shirt

Monitors key vital signs for medical and fitness applications.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Researchers from Holst Centre – an open innovation initiative by imec and TNO – have developed a prototype smart shirt that integrates imec’s validated medical-grade electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring with breathing rate and breathing depth. The use of state-of-the-art printed electronics technology offers complete freedom in design and optimization of printed sensors and electronics, being as thin as 60 µm and up to 100% stretchable.   The properties of the electronics thereby become si...

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