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37. Smart T-Shirts: Next-Gen Astronaut Wearables

The Next Byte Podcast · 28 Sept 2021 · 20m

What this episode covers

Daniel Scott Mitchell and Farbod Moghaddam discuss wearable technology, starting with the German Aerospace Center's smart t-shirt designed for astronaut Matthias Maurer to monitor cardiac health in microgravity. They explain how ballistocardiography sensors embedded in the shirt measure heart force without restrictive wires, supported by the ISS's Wyco 2 wireless system. The hosts then cover Carnegie Mellon University's research using near-infrared spectroscopy headbands to monitor freedivers' oxygen levels, aiming to apply these insights to prepare cardiovascular surgery patients for physiological stress.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
German Aerospace Center, SpaceX, Mouser Electronics, Carnegie Mellon University
Products
Wyco 2, Apple Watch
Also
Matthias Maurer, ISS

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