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Teijin 'stitches' wearable sensors into shoes

19/01/2018
Japanese textile group Teijin Frontier has launched a series of piezoelectric wearable sensors in collaboration with Kansai University, and is preparing to demonstrate how they can work in shoes.

E-stitch sensors are unrestricted in terms of fabric types and embroidery patterns, said Teijin, and can detect extension, contraction, bending and twisting.

They “represent a break from preconceived ideas about wearable sensors because they offer new levels of sensing, convenience and fashion”, it added.

Samples of e-stitch sensors in athletic shoe insoles are on display at The 4th Wearable Expo, taking place at Tokyo Big Site from January 17 to 19.

Piezoelectricity is the generation of electric charges by certain materials in response to mechanical stress. 

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