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Sep 25, 2011

eT-shirt From Spain Looks After Your Heart

Spain -- the land of pasión, jamón ibérico and flamenco is throwing a stylish solución towards themedical community's way. Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have created an intelligent eT-shirt (looks more like a tank top to us) for biomonitoring of hospital patients. The wearable, washable chaleco is embedded with electrodes that monitor its wearer's vitals, and a removable thermometer and accelerometer for the collection of temperature and positioning data. A separate in-pocket GPS dongle is also used to locate individuals "within a two-meter margin of error," but the team plans to incorporate this localizer directly into the shirt in future iterations. Tested at the Cardiology unit of Madrid's Hospital Universitario La Paz, the collaborative LOBIN (Locating & Biomonitoring by means of Wireless Networks in Hospitals) project prototype could help reduce in-patient stays, delivering SMS alerts to off-site, connected medical staffs. No word on whether this'll be offered in S, M, L or XL, but hey, at least that black is slimming. ¿Hablas español?
 
 

3 comments:

Outcast said...

Cool. I'd love to get a shirt like that, it's class.

Dylanthulhu said...

Does it ever seem to anyone else that a lot of technology is just there to facilitate laziness anymore?

aamedor said...

This would be great for rest homes for patients with dimentia that wander off often, the gps would help locate them quickly