Creating Wearables of the future
We are looking after conductive materials, fibers and fabrics. We search for contact and integration methods. We apply low power and high performance electronics. Everything we do is focussed on building innovative applications.
We support our customers to create innovate products by industrializing research results, from graphene and nano carbon tubes to micromechanical systems and edge computing, applied to personal protective equipement as well as to ambient assistent living environments.
Current and recent Research Projects
Horizon 2020 Call: Adaptive smart working and living environments supporting active and healthy ageing
Our overall objective is to develop a holistic, unobtrusive, autonomous and privacy preserving platform for real-time risk alerting and continuous coaching. This platform will enable the design of workplace interventions adapted to the needs and fitness levels of specific ageing workforce. Gamification strategies adapted to the needs and wishes of the elderly workers will ensure optimal engagement for prevention and self-management of musculoskeletal health in any working/living environment.
The BIONIC consortium consists of a multidisciplinary team of researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, System Security and Personal Data Protection; teaming up with experts in Wearable (Health) Electronics, Ergonomics and Anthropometry, Occupational Safety and Health. Results will be validated in real workplace environments by two prominent European enterprises from the construction and from the manufacturing sectors.
The goal of the project is to develop compression stockings with various integrated sensors and actuators. It will support the effect of venous return flow back to the heart from conventional compression stockings through active decongestion induced by electrically stimulated muscle movement. Data from integrated motion measurement will provide important information for the medical care.
The goal of this project is to produce textile-based wearable devices for energy generation and storage based on graphene and related materials (GRMs). In particular, we will develop and optimize a multifunctional, wearable device combining graphene-based solar cell (SC) and triboelectric nanogenerator (TNG) with a supercapacitor (SPC).
Within the SAAM project we focus upon innovative, technology-enabled approaches to support the aging population living at home, with a novel and practical emphasis on ambient sensing and learning of user needs and preferences, and effective coaching by leveraging the user’s social support networks.
The target of this project is the production of an innovative textile-based and flexible pressure sensor. The polymer fibers processed in the sensor are based on nanocomposite materials and are able to change their electrical resistance under pressure and strain loads. The fibers will be woven to sensing bands that are connected with a sensing electronics to evaluate the pressure.
The partners within the EASY-IMP project developed
- methods, tools and platforms for the design and production of personalized Meta-Products, combining wearable intelligent sensors with mobile and cloud computing.
- a collaborative platform for all actors involved in the design and production process.
Interactive Wear successfully implemented a distributed sensor network based on textile cable interconnection, enhanced with actuators as feedback components. The result is used by several research partners and will be enhanced within further research and commercial projects.
MicroHub Wearable Development Kit
The MicroHub development kit is designed to realize applications with sensory-feedback. The modular development platform combines different sensor and actuator elements, controllers and power supplies in order to complete ready-to-go sensory-feedback solutions. Backbone of the development system is the textile wired interconnection with SPI based communication that allows synchronized data acquisition of multiple sensors.
The MicroHub is a unique development platform designed to address the need for the development of wearable applications. It is a mobile battery powered sensor/actuator data acquisition unit that supports wireless communication. It is a low weight wearable MCU system.
The MCU board is designed to be used with a eclipse-based SDK. The library and example programs are available for the main MCU board. For sensor fusion applications the MCU board can be connected to the Invensense SensorStudio tool. The communication shield provides wireless communication with a BLE compliant module and provides the capability to store sensor data locally on a MicroSD card.
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