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Card reading 45,582 e-textile patent families since 2013, free to download, query and reuse, beside a blue dot pattern

An open e-textile patent landscape dataset of 45,582 patent families

We have released our e-textile patent search query and a dataset of 45,582 patent families, free to inspect, rerun and adapt.

Intellectual Property
E-textiles
Electronic Textiles

Card announcing new E-Textiles research on smart insole manufacturing for diabetic care, by Lynch et al., Southampton

ResearchCase Study

Smart insole for diabetic foot care, designed for real clinics and long term wear

Our IEEE paper shows how an ultra-thin, battery-free smart insole was built with NHS clinicians to fit standard orthotic manufacturing at only £18 a pair.

E-textiles
Manufacturing
Sensors

Citation card for the Sensors paper on speed-dependent validation of the Prevayl e-textile heart rate monitor

ResearchNews

E-textiles are entering the validation era

New research compares a smart garment-integrated e-textile heart rate monitor with 3-lead ECG during running, showing strong agreement across speeds.

E-textile Validation
Smart Garments
Textile Electrodes

Comparison of the Garmin CIRQA, Fitbit Air and WHOOP MG screenless fitness trackers

Opinion

Garmin's CIRQA backtrack shows the screenless tracker market is getting crowded

Garmin's Cirqa backtrack on free heart rate data points to a crowded screenless tracker market, and why sensing may be the differentiator.

Wearable Technology
Sensors
Market Analysis

Citation card for Breaking Barriers in E-Textile Production, by Lynch et al., presented at E-Textiles 2024

Research

New research: the real barriers stopping e-textiles scaling to production

Peer-reviewed research led by WearNex founder Michael John Lynch reveals the real barriers to scaling e-textile production and the fixes that actually help.

E-textiles
Manufacturing
Intellectual Property