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January 29, 2007
Self-Heating Ski Gloves The Latest In Wearable Tech
Reusch, a sporting apparel maker, is launching a new series of lightweight, self-heating ski gloves. The tech for heating the ski gloves was developed in close cooperation with Interactive Wear, a spinoff of Infineon that we like to keep our eye on.
Although it seems a bit untimely to introduce the ski gloves in one of the warmest winters we've had over here in decades where people are spending their weekend walking in the hills rather than skiing, but we do like the LEDs indicators on the gloves. And the technology could be useful in other types of apparel.
It sounds pretty flexible anyway.
The main components of the basic system include:* An electronics unit with a 16-bit microcontroller that manages the intelligent power and temperature control and executes custom and application-specific programmable heating algorithms.
* Special, highly flexible thermal conductors that can be attached to nearly any type of fabric/textile.
* Particularly flat and lightweight lithium ion batteries that feature a high degree of efficiency and – depending on the application and the requirements for heat/power – can be attached individually or distributed on/in the garment in a way that is nearly invisible and is very comfortable for the wearer. These rechargeable power sources supply heat energy for several hours at a time.
* Signaling and power lines that are integrated into the textile to link the temperature sensors, on/off switch, indicator LEDs and batteries with the central electronics and the heating elements.
Read - High Technology for Ski Gloves - Never Have Cold Fingers Again
Posted on January 29, 2007 02:54 PM | Posted to Wearable Tech | Permalink
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