Wearable Electronics Manufacturer WEEL Technologies Announces New Textile Circuits
Online, January 19, 2012 (Newswire.com) - WEEL Technologies, the world's leading design / manufacturer of Wearable Electronics (WE) announced the release of their latest portfolio of inventions known as Textile Circuits. WEEL's family of Textile Circuits is patent pending and now available as either off-the-shelf modules or customizable components for integration into apparel, footwear, gloves and bags.
Textile Circuits were developed by the WEEL team in collaboration with Elextile for the Outdoor, Action Sports and Industrial markets with applications specific to:
• Antennae (increased range to cell networks and GPS)
• Heat (heated apparel, gloves & footwear for comfort in the cold)
• Illumination (illuminated apparel for improved visability)
• Personal Audio (apparel and bags with integrated tunes)
• Sensors (apparel that monitors human performance and recovery)
"Our Textile Circuits are an amazing advancement in the field of Wearable Electronics. Traditional circuits don't bend or flex and are connected typically using plastic coated wires. WEEL's new textile circuits are flexible, rugged, washable and extremely soft to touch making them ideal for the Outdoor, Sports Action and Industrial markets. Connectivity between Textile Circuit modules are accomplished through textile cables that replace traditional, hard wires. The connection points are extremely strong and even stretchable. Everything feels like fabrics because they are!" said WEEL Technologies General Manager Michael Corbett. "Our Textile Circuit technology is an incredible platform to build upon for many years."
About WEEL Technologies
WEEL Technologies is a contract design / manufacturer of Wearable Electronics. The company specializes in working with leading Outdoor, Action Sports and Industrial brands to customize and build innovative WE solutions for niche and mass markets in apparel, footwear, gloves, bags and accessories. R&D / Marketing is based in the USA and Development / Manufacturing is based in China.
About Elextile
Elextile is a wearable technology consulting firm lead by Erich Zainzinger who has over 10 years of work experience in research, development and industrialization of wearable technologies.