Important Innovations Collection

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane  SMART ePANTS SPY WEAR                                             Source:  DARPA & MIT The US Department of Defense is investing millions of dollars into surveillance underwear, socks and other wearable tech garments Here's what we know: The US National Intelligence has just announced it's launching a program that aims to make performance grade computerized clothing It's developing clothing that can record audio, videotape and geolocate data It's called the SMART ePANTS program or Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile System The Pentagon's DARPA along with MIT are part of this highly innovative effort Garments are being fitted with sensors, cameras & mikes Garments are composed of smart, computeri...

Next G Health Tracking Smart Clothing Source:  Apple Apple's Health Sensor Band Apple has a new, patented idea.  Health tracking sensors embedded by sewing directly into clothing.  Apple says this is beyond the Apple Watch.  They're calling it the next generation of Smart Clothing with integrated circuitry, able to measure health data.  They add it may work in concert with the Apple Watch to provide more accurate ECG readings. Sensor Band that's Flexible What Apple has patented is a soft elastic band with sensors to monitor heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and fitness related data.  The type of stretchy material used is key to the design because the sensors need to be in constant contact with the body to get accurate readings. Paired Device and Washable Band The health measurement information would be transmitted wirelessly to a paired device to be read.  And incredibly Apple says the device can be cleaned in a standard w...