Project Lead:

WearLab

This study presents a novel reactive smart clothing that can respond to changes in vital signs of the body with tactile stimulation. CalmWear features tactile actuating through a strategically located and textured air bladder that provides automated and dynamic compression in response to change in heart rate variability and respiration rate as indicators of anxiety. By coupling real-time physiological sensing with responsive actuation, CalmWear creates a closed-loop wearable system that can help regulate the wearer’s autonomic nervous system responses without requiring conscious intervention.Vital of HRV and RR are monitored through embroidered ECG electrodes and and a stretch sensor embedded in the lining of the garment.

Publications

Goncu-Berk, G., Zhang, R., & Yilmaz, C. (2021, September). Calmwear: a smart tactile sensory stimulation clothing. In Proceedings of the 2021 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (pp. 184-188).

Goncu-Berk, G., Halsted, T., Zhang, R., & Pan, T. (2020, May). Therapeutic touch: reactive clothing for anxiety. In Proceedings of the 14th EAI international conference on pervasive computing technologies for healthcare (pp. 239-242).