Tagged: sensing

Smart sock maker Siren raises $9 million


Siren care is a smart textile start-up founded in 2015 and based in California. It has developed a smart sock with embedded temperature sensor to help identify circulation problems in diabetics which, if left unchecked, can lead to serious complications such as amputation. (more…)

Google and Levis announce smart urban cycle jacket

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16 years after the Philips/Levi’s jacket, Levi’s have returned to electronic garments. Together with Google they have announced, at the recent Google I/O, a smart jacket for urban cyclists. The jacket uses the touch pad developed by Google’s project jacquard to enable gesture control of a bluetooth linked smart phone. In the following video an urban cyclist heading through San Francisco puts the jacket through its paces. (more…)

Sensoria raises series A investment

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Sensoria, a start-up producing sensing garments, has just agreed first round funding to enable further development and promotion of their health and well-being products. Specifically Sensoria have sports bras, t-shirt and socks that track biometric data via their textile sensors embedded within the fabric. (more…)