Did you know researchers have developed a T-shirt that can monitor heart beat thereby allowing those who may suffer from heart conditions to be alerted on time of a warning heart attack?

Wearable sports bands that measure your heart rate are nothing new, but as numerous studies have shown, the accuracy can vary wildly (especially if you rely on them to count calories). In general, that's fine if you just want an idea of how hard you're working out, but for professionals, accuracy is everything.

Using a single lead ECG printed into the fabric, this new t-shirt from smart materials company KYMIRA will accurately measure heart beats and upload them to the cloud via Bluetooth. Once there, algorithms process the data to accurately detect irregular heartbeats such as arrhythmia heart beats, which could prove life saving.

And it's not just athletes who could benefit. 

"The possibilities this product offers both sportspeople and the general public is astonishing," says Tim Brownstone, CEO and founder of KYMIRA. 

“We envisage developing this product to be used for clinical applications to allow those who may already suffer with heart conditions enough warning of a heart attack.”

Source: Science Focus | First published 2020

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