For decades, athletes who wanted to measure breathing as part of their training regimes were limited to laboratory-based equipment. Running on treadmills and wearing masks while tethered to diagnostic equipment with clunky tubing was state-of-the-art until Mateligent helped make the breathing lab wearable.
For this project, Mateligent called on its sensor integration capabilities to incorporate a stretch sensor into an athletic shirt that is worn by the athlete. This escape from lab-based testing allows the athlete to measure their breathing and train for endurance while actively participating in their field of play.
Requirements for this project included:
- Integration of the sensor into the shirt to withstand vigorous athletic activity.
- Sensor sensitivity to measure movement of the athlete’s back in response to their lungs during cycles of inhaling and exhaling.
- Durability to endure numerous cycles in the clothes washer.
- Data accuracy from the sensor to be comparable to lab-generated data.
“We tested alternative sensor suppliers and technologies,” commented Arnar Larusson, Co-Founder & CEO of Tyme Wear. “And they all came up short. “Except Mateligent. Throughout our development process, they were very much a partner to us with recommendations and guidance that helped us clear our hurdles and bring our project to commercial readiness. When we scale our business, we are confident that we have a supplier that can readily provide all that we will need.”
