It is said that 2014 is the year of wearable devices. In this year, a large number of smart watches, activity trackers and smart sensors have been introduced to consumers. After entering 2015, wearable devices began to develop in a further direction. Yes, that’s smart clothing with built-in sensors.
So far, there have been many practical wearable smart clothing on the market, including T-shirts, bras and professional sportswear with built-in biometric technology. In the rest of 2015, the smart clothing field will enter a stage dominated by biometric technology.
Now we have collected for you some good smart clothing products that already exist on the market. They can not only tell you how to exercise, but also help us stay healthy.
Athos
Since 2015 will be a big stage for smart clothing, Athos has launched a new smart sportswear and shorts. Athos products have a large number of built-in sensors that can detect the user’s heart rate, breathing rate, and even muscle activity caused by EMG sensors.
Athos smart clothing contains an Athos Core chip and multiple sensors that can send data to a smartphone via Bluetooth. This little device weighs less than 20 grams and can be used continuously for more than 10 hours. In addition to sending information, Athos can also measure exercise through a built-in six-axis accelerometer.
Athos has been favored by many professional athletes. They use it to monitor muscle exercise and record heart rate changes, which can provide a more accurate recording function.
Currently, the core device of Athos smart sportswear is priced at US$199 (approximately RMB 1,245), while shorts and T-shirts are priced at US$99 (approximately RMB 620) respectively, so the price of the entire set of Athos reaches US$298. (approximately RMB 1,860).
Victoria’s Secret Heart Rate Monitoring bra
The famous brand Victoria’s Secret recently launched Incredible, a sports bra with integrated heart rate strap function. The biggest difference between it and traditional sports bras is that there is an additional heart rate “belt” underneath. Unfortunately, there are only heart rate detection contacts on this strap and there is no heart rate detection module. Therefore, if you want to use the heart rate detection function, you need to purchase an additional heart rate detection module and hang it on the two fixed buckles on the front of the bra.
The bra is priced at US$75 (approximately RMB 470) and comes in a variety of cup sizes from 32 to 40.
radiate thermal color change T-shirt
Radiate is a sports T-shirt that helps athletes monitor the training of specific parts of the body or muscle groups. When a person exercises, the metabolism, blood flow and muscle expansion in the body will continue to change, causing the body to emit different amounts of heat. Radiate is like a personal thermal mirror that can instantly sense the heat emitted by various parts of the athlete’s body and transmit information through color changes, allowing athletes to understand the exercise of their muscles and blood vessels at any time.
Not only does it provide timely feedback, this T-shirt also has other sportswear functions, including local heat dissipation, sweat absorption, etc. The T-shirt is said to use a new material that feels like silk, but is both stretchy and durable.
The current price of the second-generation Radiate 2.0 is US$60 (approximately RMB 375) and US$50 (approximately RMB 310) for male and female versions respectively.
Ralph Lauren Smart Ball Shirt OMSignal
During the US Open last year, fashion brand Ralph Lauren launched its first wearable product, the smart tennis shirt OMSignal, which has multiple built-in health sensors and is suitable for fitness and competition situations. It can be used with iPhone and iPad.
The OMSignal smart tennis shirt has built-in heart rate, breathing, and psychological pressure sensors and conductive silver wires woven into the fabric, and then connected to a “black box” that is waterproof and has a battery life of up to 30 hours. Matched by iPhone and iPad applications and desktop applications, data is read from the black box. Because it covers the entire upper body, the measurement results are more accurate than smart watches, fitness wristbands, etc. In addition, OMSignal is different from ordinary wearable devices in that it can also detect breathing, which is a necessary indicator for estimating physiological recognition such as fatigue level and output level.
At present, Ralph Lauren has not officially announced the price of OMsignal, but the company has stated that it will officially launch this product in 2015.
GO Utility Vest Solar Jackets
Charging your electronic devices is the sole purpose of this GO Utility Vest solar, and while it may seem ridiculous, the GO Utility Vest has solar panels sewn into every pocket. We can wear it to charge our smartphones outdoors, which is quite useful for people who often go hiking or exploring outside.
The current price of GO Utility Vest solar energy is US$580 (approximately RMB 3,625), which is not cheap. In fact, GO Utility Vest just represents a trend. In the future, solar panels can become thinner and lighter, and can also be integrated into various clothes. By then, we will no longer have to worry about the battery life of electronic devices.
Hexoskin Smart Sports T shirt
Hexoskin is one of the famous products in smart sportswear. This Hexoskin sports vest integrates biosensors, allowing users who regularly participate in physical exercise to monitor their exercise progress. This T-shirt is integrated with a variety of sensors that can collect 42,000 pieces of data per minute, so it can be said responsibly that Hexoskin will be able to collect detailed data about the user and the user’s exercise progress.
During the day, Hexoskin can measure data such as heart rate, heart rate variation/recovery, steps, calorie consumption and breathing; while at night, it can also track sleep and environment, including sleeping posture, as well as heartbeat and breathing activity. All this data will be passed throughSynchronize the data to the supporting application, or upload it online for real-time viewing by remote coaches.
Currently, Hexoskin is available in different versions such as long-sleeved and vest, men’s and women’s, with prices starting at US$399 (approximately RMB 3,500).
Automatically adjust the tightness Bra Bionic Bra
For women, whether the bra they wear is comfortable can be said to be an important factor that affects their mood throughout the day. This smart bra, the Bionic Bra, was developed by Australian researchers. The idea came from Julie Steele, a professor at the University of Wollongong. It is mainly used to reduce the discomfort or numbness of the fingers caused by female users wearing the Bra. It is a Bra that automatically adjusts its tightness according to the scene you are in. It is made of soft smart fabric. In other words, it can expand and contract like a person’s own muscles, and it fits the human body better.
It is reported that Bionic Bra uses 3D printing and bionic muscle technologies to more accurately monitor your movement. For example, when you sit on the sofa to rest, Bionic Bra will adjust to the appropriate tightness; when you are in a hurry, When you go to the airport to take a plane and run quickly, it will detect your speed and adjust the tightness to another level.
This product is still in the development and testing stage, and it seems unlikely to see a real product this year.
Adidas Hotpants rechargeable thermal insulation Sweatpants
As early as 2012, Adidas specially developed this competition suit called Hotpants for the British Cycling Team. This competition suit is entirely handmade and has batteries built into the trouser legs to keep athletes’ leg muscles warm and provide long-lasting power.
In cycling competitions, since athletes need to wait for a while after the warm-up exercise, the muscles will cool down before the competition. Therefore, the temperature needs to be raised again during cycling, which increases the burden on the physical endurance of the athletes. , and when wearing these pants, the athletes’ muscles can be maintained at an ideal 38 degrees Celsius.
Although we are not sure whether this professional sportswear will be widely available in the future, it at least provides another idea for similar products in the future. After all, providing real functionality is more likely to be popular than monitoring various data.
Jabra Sport Pulse heart rate Bluetooth headset
When exercising, in addition to sportswear, headphones are also an indispensable element for us. Therefore, some headphone manufacturers have also begun to incorporate monitoring and tracking functions into their products. This Sport Pulse wireless headset launched by Jabra can monitor heart rate and be used with the App
Users can control music and plan, track and evaluate their fitness through the Jabra Sport Life app. The app provides personalized real-time voice guidance based on the user’s preferences. Users can set distance goals, time goals or calories burned goals, conduct aerobic capacity tests and adjust heart rate zone levels to optimize training methods. The Sport Life app can track heart rate information, which is provided by a heart rate monitor integrated into the headset. In an accuracy test together with an electrocardiograph, the accuracy of the headset data reached 99.2%.
AIQ TouchMan gloves
In fact, it is not new that gloves with built-in metal braid can directly operate mobile phone screens and other products, but this AIQ TouchMan can do more than that.
AIQ actually wants to use the AIQ TouchMan gloves as an opportunity to integrate with various smart clothing and products, and wants to make further progress in the smart wearable market, instead of just wearing gloves to operate mobile phones.
Skins Ice Compression Clothing
In addition to looking cooler, sports compression clothing can also maintain the condition of muscles during exercise and improve muscle recovery capabilities. The Skins Ice series of compression garments use ICEBoost spray technology, which can quickly cool down the athlete’s muscle system while maintaining the shape of the surrounding muscle groups. It also has SPF50+ outdoor imitation UV intensity function.
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