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Six Health Gadgets That Could Save Your Life

Rob Waugh | The Telegraph | December 18, 2015

A T-shirt with electrodes woven through its fabric could provide an early-warning system for heart patients – alerting doctors of abnormal heart patterns. The hWear ECG-sensing T-shirt was shown off at the American Telemedicine Association this year – woven with sensors that collect data and upload them to a monitoring device via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. There are other companies which offer similar “smart wearables”, but HealthWatch claims its offers “intensive care-level” monitoring. “Our hWear T-shirt garments measure the highest-quality vital signs all without adhesives, gels or shaving preparations for both men and women. The garments are machine-washable and compatible with most cardiac telemetry systems,” said Uri Amir, CEO of HealthWatch...

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