With a budget of 4.2 million Euros Cetemmsa leads a European research project to create a T-shirt enabling remote monitoring of vital signs of people with chronic conditions. The research project has been estimated to last three years. But the product will surely benefit many elderly consumers, with a new resource that will help them feel safer and more confident.
The T-shirt will have sensor threads that will control heartbeat, respiratory rhythm, and body temperature so users will be able to travel or leave their homes without having to visit the doctor for routine controls. The doctor or health-care professional will be receiving data on the Internet. The product will also serve to remind users about medication time and methods, with information reaching them on their TV or PDA.
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Many of those who choose high-quality business clothes mistakenly believe that wool is the most advanced fibre. But modern synthetic fibres with properties designed during manufacturing processes offer numerous advantages in comparison to natural fibres, and may be applied to clothes for men and women alike.
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Invista, one of the world’s leading producer of fibres and polymers, owning the Lycra brand, launches a new collection of stockings and socks, “Legwear Innovation Collection” for the 2010 spring-summer season.
The purpose of this initiative is the long-term creation of added value for the worldwide socks and stocking sector with products that meet consumers’ demands. The new collection represents the first stage in a series of innovations in terms of fibres and products, to be launched by Invista shortly.
“Legwear Innovation Collection” comprises five lines of seamless socks and stockings made with Lycra and T400 fibres: Painterly, The Romantic Body, The Graphic Body and Slashed & Perforated. [Extend new]