January 2020 Edition Apparel January 2020 issue | Seite 80

TECH TALK
IN CASE WEARING A FITNESS
WATCH SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
WORK, YOU CAN WEAR THE
SENSORIA SOCKS TO YOUR NEXT
WORKOUT SESSION.
wearer. Its entire range of bras, T-shirts, and shirts
is made using smart, stretchy fabrics with built-in,
strategically placed ECG, respiration, and physical
activity sensors.
These sensors collect the data and record it
within the clothes, which is then sent to cloud—it
can be accessed, analysed, and viewed using an
app. The recording module can collect data for
50 hours without the need to be recharged and is
splash- and sweat-resistant.
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USE YOUR PHONE FROM YOUR JACKET
The Commuter™ Trucker Jacket by Levi’s is the
first garment that has Google woven into it. A
tiny circuit, it is built within a flexible snap tag that
is connected to the threads on the jacket’s cuff,
which is then connected to your phone. The snap
tag on the inner side of the cuff makes you aware
of incoming calls, and vibrates courtesy of the
haptic feedback mechanism.
In a similar vein, you can tap the tag to perform
certain functions—for instance, brush the cuff to
drop a pin to mark your favourite coffee shop and
get haptic feedback when your Uber is arriving.
All in all, you can check your messages and
notifications on the go, using your jacket instead
of your phone.
MIND YOUR STEPS WITH THE SOCKS
If wearing a fitness watch seems like a lot of work,
you can wear socks by Sensoria to your next
workout session or when you are going out for a
walk. This product comes with pressure sensors
built in at the anklet area of the garment, which