title: Sending out an SOS...and more: next-generation textiles and EEG headsets transport vital biomed information.
abstract: It seems as if many of us are getting used to the idea of wearing sensors, whether they are counting the number of steps we take each day with an iPhone-connected pedometer or keeping track of heart rate while we are doing an exercise routine or out riding a bicycle. That's probably good preparation, because a new generation of wearable sensors and smart textiles are coming to the fore to provide extended biomedical monitoring of heart, brain, muscle, and other physiological activity.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mertz
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013784:Textiles