Researchers have developed actual "smarty pants" that can be used to monitor the movement of those wearing them to alert clinicians and caregivers to signs of distress or the need for medical ...

WASHINGTON —With an aging global population comes a need for new sensor technologies that can help clinicians and caregivers remotely monitor a person’s health. New smart pants based on fiber optic ...

An advancement in wearable technology, powered by Cornell researchers, transforms a simple shirt into a health and fitness tracker. Prof. Heeju Park, human centered design, and Jeyeon Jo grad created ...

The inner circle classifies fiber sensors into ‘Macroscopical’ and ‘Microscopical’ according to the fiber dimension. The outer pie chart shows the classification according to the working principles.

The prospect of exploiting spider silk's combination of optical and mechanical properties has been an attractive proposition to designers for some time. Back in 2008 a project at Tufts University ...

New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...