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Here are wearables that incorporate force/pressure sensors, designed for applications in fitness, health monitoring, and assistive technologies:
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Sensoria Smart Socks
These smart socks feature pressure sensors to monitor foot strike patterns, balance, and activity levels, providing runners and athletes with insights into their performance and reducing the risk of injury. -
Nike Adapt BB Basketball Shoes
Smart shoes with pressure sensors in the sole that automatically adjust the fit and measure the force applied during gameplay, enhancing performance and comfort. -
Apple Watch Series 9
The smartwatch includes a pressure-sensitive display (Force Touch) and sensors that detect subtle changes in wrist movement and force, useful for fitness and health applications. -
Nadi X Yoga Pants
These yoga pants integrate pressure sensors that provide haptic feedback to guide users through poses, helping improve posture and alignment during practice. -
Novasentis Haptic Gloves
Smart gloves with pressure sensors that detect grip strength and force, providing real-time feedback for gaming, rehabilitation, and industrial applications. -
Hexoskin Smart Shirt
This biometric shirt integrates pressure sensors to monitor breathing patterns and lung expansion, helping users track their respiratory health during workouts and recovery. -
BeBop Sensors Data Glove
A wearable glove equipped with pressure sensors in the fingers and palm, designed for VR and AR environments to detect force and provide tactile feedback for immersive interactions. -
SmartMat Yoga Mat
A yoga mat with embedded pressure sensors to detect weight distribution and alignment, offering personalized feedback to help users improve their yoga practice. -
Hovding Airbag for Cyclists
This wearable collar uses pressure sensors to detect abnormal movements or impacts, automatically inflating to protect the head in case of an accident. -
Dyneema Smart Insole
Insoles with force and pressure sensors to monitor gait, balance, and weight distribution, helping individuals improve mobility and reduce injury risk, especially in rehabilitation settings.
These wearables utilize force and pressure sensors to enhance functionality, from fitness tracking and injury prevention to immersive experiences and assistive technologies.
Hello! I heard that wearable devices have sensors that detect force or pressure, and I wonder how they work and how they are used in everyday life.
Does anyone have an easy explanation?
Hello. Force and pressure sensors can be implemented in a variety of ways in wearable devices. The most commonly used methods are as follows.
- Piezoelectric Sensor: It uses a piezoelectric effect that generates electricity when pressure is applied. When a force or pressure is applied, a voltage is generated from the piezoelectric material inside the sensor, and the magnitude of this voltage is measured to detect the magnitude of the force/pressure.
- Capacitive Sensor: measures the change in capacitance between two electrodes. When a force or pressure is applied, the distance between the electrodes changes and the capacitance changes accordingly. It measures this change to sense the force/pressure.
- Resistive Sensor: It uses the principle that the electrical resistance of the sensor changes when force or pressure is applied. It detects the force/pressure by measuring the resistance change using a material whose resistance value changes with force/pressure.
These sensors are mounted on a variety of wearable devices, such as smart watches, smart bands, and smart shoes, providing multiple functions.
Thank you for your answer!
So could you give me some examples of how these sensors are actually used?
Of course. Force/pressure sensors can be used in many different fields. Let me give you some examples.
- Fitness: It is mounted on a smart band or smart watch and can be used to analyze your workout posture by measuring the force or pressure applied during a workout, or to adjust the intensity of your workout. For example, you can check if you are working out in an accurate position by measuring the pressure on your wrist when you do push-ups.
- Medical: It is mounted on smart shoes and can be used to analyze walking patterns by measuring pressure on the soles of the feet, or to prevent foot disorders in diabetics. It can also be used to increase rehabilitation effects by monitoring pressure on specific areas during rehabilitation training.
- Gaming and Entertainment: It can be installed on game controllers or VR/AR devices and used to detect movements or manipulations of users. For example, it can manipulate virtual objects by detecting movements of fingers in a virtual reality game, or it can detect the strength of a force that presses a specific button and reflect it in gameplay.
- Industrial site: Pressure sensors can be attached to work gloves to measure the strength of the operator’s grip on an object, or to monitor the pressure on a particular area to enhance the safety of the work environment.
As such, force/pressure sensors can be used in various fields and are expected to play a more important role in improving the functionality of wearable devices in the future.
