Textile computing company Myant has won a CES 2020 Innovation Award for its Skiin smart clothing brand. The CES Innovation Awards are intended to honor outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products.
Skiin is due to launch is the first quarter of 2020. The smart clothing will feature embedded sensors that monitor biometrics such as a wearer’s heart rate, breathing rate, temperature, movement, posture and sleep. The first clothing product will be underwear.
Users will be able to analyze data through a mobile app, which will provide tips for living a healthier lifestyle. According to Myant, other subscription features set to be added to the SKIIN app include slip and fall detection, driver fatigue monitoring, ovulation tracking and atrial fibrillation detection.
“At the end of the day, you’re not going to feel like you are wearing technology,” Myant marketing strategist Brian Fung told SportTechie in June. “You’re going to feel like you’re wearing clothes.”
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is set to take place Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. Myant plans to host live demos of its platform at the event.
