Technical Sports Clothes Get Smart

Technical Sports Clothes Get Smart

 

　　2015年度被广泛誉为年，智能手表将推动可穿戴技术市场。当然，专用健身带和活动跟踪应用程序的通用智能手表已经显示了大量的消费者自我量化的范围：不断记录的数据，如采取的步骤，燃烧的热量和时间超过阈值的心率。结合位置信息，如GPS位置，速度和标题从智能手机可以连接演习活动与性能数据监测进度或共享社会。

 

　　智能手表可以提供新一代的配戴者寻求自己的改进更详细的数据的一种有效的介绍。下一步是进入更严肃的技术运动服（图1），能够监测更多的参数和-与正确的分析应用程序-显示运动员如何提高他们的技术以及健身。主要的运动服装品牌和新的初创公司正在努力争夺新兴市场的领先地位，可穿戴运动技术。

 

　　

 

　　Vital Signs of Fitness and Performance

 

　　Wearable technology for athletes has been with us since before the 21st century， in products such as wireless heart-rate meters comprising a chest-strap sensor unit and separate wrist-worn display. These devices marked the advent of easy-to-wear， non-invasive monitoring of vital signs.

 

　　Today’s technical sportswear， including compression garments that are designed to aid circulation and muscle recovery， can provide a suitable medium for holding large numbers of sensors close enough to the wearer’s skin to pick up the tiny electrical signals generated by physical exertion. Many extra data types， in addition to heart-rate electrocardiogram （ECG） signals， can now be collected including electromyography （EMG） for analyzing muscle activity.