Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini waves as he walks off the stage at the end of his keynote address at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show, January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world’s largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs from January 7-10. AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should […]
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Clothes are the original “wearables,” but Intel wants to make them smarter. At the Code Conference today, the company showed off a shirt with conductive fibers for tracking your heart rate.
Designed by partner AIQ, the shirt uses Intel’s Edison development board to stream EKG information over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The box of electronics plugs into the shirt when you’re using it, and then unplugs when you need to wash.
While most of us probably wouldn’t need to monitor our heartrate on a regular basis, this shirt is built with cyclists in mind. Other uses could include monitoring kids and elderly folks to make sure they’re safe.
Intel’s wearable shirt will be available this summer. #codecon pic.twitter.com/dNFcCtmjJ4
— Re/code (@Recode) May 28, 2014
Intel’s head of new devices Mike Bell wouldn’t say how much the shirt will cost when it arrives this summer, but from the sound of it, it will be targeted toward fitness geeks with some cash to burn.
➤ Intel Bets Its “Smart” Shirt on the Future of Wearables [Re/code]
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