BeBop Sensors has announced a new smart fabric sensor designed for next-gen human interaction. The Note Touch reference design includes a small fabric sensing array (16×16 nodes) and a software toolkit to experiment with touch interfaces on any curved or flat surface and rapidly bring new ideas to market. Using gestures such as taps, swipes, and multi-touch, […]
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What’s new in Printed/Flexible Stretchable and Functional Fabric Sensors?
By winning one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions 2018 Awards in the Gears and Gadgets category, BeBop Sensors fabric sensors have put printed/flexible stretchable (P/F/S) and functional fabric (FF) sensors on many people’s radar. Over four million of their sensors are in daily use in products such as gloves, helmets and more. Of course, this […]
How is wearable technology impacting industrial applications?
Market research experts expect a growing adoption of wearable sensors in industrial facilities. Gloves with fabric-based sensors are one of the growing applications. While they were initially designed to improve the gaming experience and sports activities, lightweight gloves with highly sensitive and accurate sensors can increase productivity and safety in an industrial environment. For example, […]
Smart Helmet Employs Force Location Sensing
In its Smart Helmet Sensor System, BeBop Sensors claims the first helmet system employing a Force Location Sensor System. The company’s flexible fabric sensors provide high resolution, location-specific impact information. In addition to sensing velocity thresholds, a latticed array of over 40 sensors embedded in the helmet liner, gives it the ability to track the […]
Smart Fabric Sensor for Automotive Airbag Systems
As successful as the current occupant safety systems (airbags) are, there is always room for improvement – especially as enabling technologies advance. With its Automotive Occupant Classification System (OCS), BeBop Sensors provides a new alternative. The embedded car seat sensors in the OCS provide the granular detail required for next generation classification systems, which need […]
Smart Fabric Sensors Make Physical Measurements
Existing wearable sensors measure physiology (EKG, EMG), electrical conductivity or breathing. In contrast, patented, proprietary monolithic fabric sensor technology from Bebop Sensors Inc. allows physical measurements including bend, location, motion, rotation, angle, size, pressure, force and torque. The sensors’ continuous real-time reporting and 3D mapping capability can enable applications such as: answering calls from a shirt […]
