Stay updated with breaking news from Jessica yip. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
It's an emerging field that includes robotics, 3D printing, machine vision and automation, and is expected to create thousands of jobs over the next decade. ....
The former CEO of Cotton Ginny, a serial entrepreneur who more recently ran a boutique investment and consulting firm, developed a line of clothing with built-in sensors to measure everything from heart rate and body temperature to posture and location. It s now undergoing trials in several hospitals. With textiles we have the ability to capture information continuously, says Ilaria Varoli, executive vice-president of the textile computing startup Myant Inc., which Chahine founded in 2010. The innovation starts at the yarn level, for example with extruded yarn or metal yarn … with sensors and actuators embedded into the textiles, she says. The idea is to make textiles the interface, but then it s processed through our innovative software platform. ....
Save to Read Later When Tony Chahine’s father developed dementia, he wanted to stay connected with him while monitoring his worsening health. Myant currently manufacturers garments for Skiin using state of the art 3D robotic knitting machines, shown in a handout photo, in its nearly 7,500-square-metre facility in Etobicoke, Ont., and plans to open new production facilities as demand scales. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Myant Inc. MANDATORY CREDIT When Tony Chahine’s father developed dementia, he wanted to stay connected with him while monitoring his worsening health. Yet despite the hyper-connectivity of the world at large, Chahine realized some of the most vulnerable people were being left behind. ....