Manchester-based company SmartLife Technology is focusing on the US market for its HealthVest product as part of plans to increase sales to more than £10m by 2012. According to SmartLife’s press release, “There has been interest from across the UK, but I’m currently spending most of my time speaking to organisations in North America.” Sounds like a sensible move given the lamentable state of remote monitoring readiness in the UK.
Read the press release and explore the site. It is interesting that they have identified emergency workers and military personnel as a large potential market for the vest and it is easier to see that taking off than the health applications.
First Telecare Aware story on sensors in clothing was over two years ago: SmartShirt system launched by Sensatex
For general information on the ‘smart clothes’ scene, try Talk2MyShirt.com.