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Hexoskin in Japan

Hexoskin presented its technology for health monitoring at the Wearable Expo at Tokyo Big Sight this week. We were present on the show floor with our Japanese partners Kissei Comtec, and had the chance to visit Tokyo and Matsumoto.

Dozens of top health research organizations and sports performance labs in Japan use Hexoskin's open data platform for physiology monitoring. If you're in Japan you can contact Kissei Comtec for Japanese training and support.

Tokyo Big Sight (東京ビッグサイト), officially known as Tokyo International Exhibition Center (東京国際展示場), is a convention and exhibition center in Tokyo, Japan, and the largest one in the country.

 

Gear Patrol Awards Hexoskin Among the 100 Best Products in 2016

After testing hundreds of products, the team at Gear Patrol has chosen the Hexoskin Biometric Shirt to be a 2016 GP100 Winner! This is the highest honor the review staff at Gear Patrol can give to a product, and it is a distinction recognizing Hexoskin's excellence in development.

They only have chosen 11 products in the sports category. We're glad to see Hexoskin on such a prestigious list. You'll find the complete list of high-end products picked by Gear Patrol here.

Gear Patrol chooses Hexoskin on their list of Best Products for 2016.

 

Hexoskin Athlete Camille Serme Wins US Open Squash 2016!

After an amazing tournament, Camille Serme won a historic match against world's top player Nour El Sherbini at the US Open Squash Championships 2016 finale in Philadelphia today!
Camille Serme trophy at US Open Squash Championship 2016 in Philadelphia.
Photo credits: US SQUASH
Camille has won the Euro title five times in a row, but this trophy is different. It's the first time a French player wins the US Open. You can watch the winning point here:
We're very proud of her! Bravo Camille, t'es la meilleure!

Hexoskin at the Advamed 2016 Innovation Showcase in Minneapolis

Hexoskin will be in Minneapolis on October 16-19 to demonstrate its Hexoskin wearable health platform for remote patient monitoring and cardiac rehabilitation.

We're very excited to have been selected by Advamed as one of the world's top health innovation this year! Come see our presentation at the Innovation Showcase October 18 at 4pm to learn more about the advantages of using smart shirts remote patient monitoring and cardiac rehabilitation. Our CEO and Co-Founder Pierre-Alexandre Fournier will share our experiences working with patient populations affected by cardiac diseases and COPD.

Additionally, Hexoskin will demonstrate its technology in the exhibition hall of the conference on October 17-19 (room L100E/F in the partnering section downstairs). The Hexoskin team will present how Hexoskin can be used in clinical settings with live demos and presentations.

About Hexoskin
Hexoskin is the world leader in smart clothing for health monitoring. Hexoskin smart shirts are used by space and defense agencies, sports scientists, and thousands of health professionals and health researchers all over the world. The Hexoskin connected platform provides a new, convenient way to understand human health in real-life environments. For more information, visit www.hexoskin.com and @Hexoskin on Twitter.

Hexoskin connected health platform and wearable health sensors - smart shirts

Disclaimer: Hexoskin smart shirts have not completed the FDA regulatory approval. Hexoskin products on the market as of October 2016 are not medical devices and shouldn't be used for diagnosis or therapeutic purposes. Hexoskin products on the market as of October 2016 are meant for wellness and fitness uses, and health research only.

Red Bull flying with Hexoskin in the Karakorum

The Free Flight Physiology Project Team in Karakorum, Pakistan is using Hexoskin to monitor their vitals when they fly over the countryside. Dr Matt Wilkes and this team from the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine from the Institute of Sport Exercise & Heath (London, UK) are getting their gear ready for the Red Bull paragliding team later this year, but also to conduct serious research on physiology in altitude. They also took amazing pictures and video of their experience!


Paragliding in Pakistan

Here's more information about their project:

Paragliding is an air sport that has developed over the last 40 years into one of the most widely practiced forms of free flight. There are an estimated 127,000 active paraglider pilots worldwide.
Flights of over 100km across country are regularly made, using dynamic (soaring) lift and thermal updrafts, with the current open distance record standing at 514km. Paraglider pilots have flown from the summit of Everest, ascended in thermals to over 7,000m and gained as much as 4,526m of altitude in a single flight. (...)
Successful flying requires good physical coordination but is also cognitively demanding, for example: reading the landscape for thermal triggers and calculate glide angles, while remaining sufficiently spatially aware to pilot a craft though an invisible three-dimensional air mass, often containing other gliders in close proximity; in cold, hypoxic, ever-changing and sometimes intimidating conditions. (...)
Paragliding has become much safer over time but remains a high-risk pursuit. Most accidents are secondary to errors of piloting or judgement, rather than equipment failure. When accidents do occur, the consequences are often severe or fatal. Understanding the physiological demands on placed on pilots is therefore key to establishing systems to prevent injury or loss of life."

 

Source: http://www.freeflightphysiology.org/

Hexoskin at the FashionWare Show at CES Asia 2016

From space walk to catwalk? It was a lot of fun to be part of the FashionWare Show at CES Asia this week in Shanghai, China. Technology is getting better each year and smart clothing designers now have better tools to design functional and fashionable items.

You can easily tell that this year's FashionWare Show displayed the most mature technology yet, and the best looking designs ever shown at the Consumer Electronics Show. Congrats!

Hexoskin smart shirt at the FashionWare event at CES Asia 2016 in Shanghai, China.

 

 

March 22, 2016

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London Wearable Tech Show 2016: Hexoskin Wins Crunchwear Editor's Award

Hexoskin won another award for its new Hexoskin Smart shirt last week in London! After the awards at CES 2016 this is another great recognition for our best smart shirt ever.

Thanks to all who came to visit our booth to discuss wearable tech, fitness and digital health, we hope to see you again soon!

More than 4,700 people visited the show in London March 15-16 to see the latest wearable tech products and listen to speakers about what's going to come in the next few years.

More info about the awards here.

Researchers, Get the Most out of Hexoskin Data

Wondering how you can turn Hexoskin data into ready-to-publish graphs? 

You're in luck, Hexoskin is announcing its compatibility with VivoSense, the most comprehensive physiological data analysis software available for health research and clinical studies. It allows researchers and scientists to import and export data, execute batch processing, and produce meaningful and ready-to-publish graphs of study results.

VivoSense's 400+ customers include organizations like the Mayo Clinic, the Massachusetts General Hospital, MIT, and US Army and Air Force research labs. VivoSense is a validated platform and is 21 CFR Part 11 compliant and specifically designed for use in clinical trials and research studies. 

VivoSense core software and modules are available from Hexoskin today.

Check out How to Manage and Publish Hexoskin Data

Introducing World's First Biometric Shirts for Kids & Teens

We're proud to announce today that we're releasing Hexoskin Junior, world's first biometric smart shirt tailor-made for kids and teens. These shirts include the same sensors as the adult shirts, giving in-depth insight regarding physical training, sleep and daily activities.

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Cold weather will never be a good excuse anymore

 

You asked for it

Over the past few months we've had lots of happy users ask us to add sleeves, a collar, and why not, make the shirt warmer.

(drum roll, please)

We're pleased to announce that we were able to do all 3, giving birth to World's first cold weather smart shirt: the Hexoskin Arctic! And, since we're never afraid of taking on life-threatening challenges, we've even thrown in a couple of thumb holes for your comfort.

 

So, what's new in this shirt?

Apart from the obvious sleeves and collar, we've used a new textile, once again from Italy, that offers comfort similar to Merino wool. The fabric itself is based on research on polar bears' fur and how they trap heat between their skin and their fur. The textile we use does the same, while allowing natural evaporation of perspiration: absorbing very little water, the fabric dries rapidly, while keeping the body temperature constant. This reduces energy consumption to a minimum and improves athletic performance. As said above we've also added thumb holes and a zipper to the pocket, and of course the shirt is still machine-washable and very resistant to pilling and abrasion. You'll love it!

 

Limited edition, order now!

We're only going to produce a few hundred pieces of this limited edition cold weather smart shirt, so don't waste any time, order yours today! We're including a complimentary Hexoskin running hat in the first 20 orders.


order the hexoskin arctic shirt now