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Techvibes: Hexoskin Looks to Put Montreal on the Wearable Technology Map
The company is easiest to think of as a provider of apparel with a network of sensors attached that feed into software. This software then provides an intuitive interface that doubles as a personal digitized diary of somebody’s well-being. Think of it as Google Analytics for your own well-being, a revolutionary new perspective on human health.
View full article →Astroskin featured on Space.com
"The great thing about this technology is since it's wireless, it can be monitored at a distance," CSA chief medical officer Raffi Kuyumijian said.
Elizabeth Howell of Space.com wrote a great paper on our advanced smart shirt "Astroskin" that is currently being tested by the Canadian Space Agency.
View full article →Destination: International Space Station. First Stop: Antarctica
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) uses an Antarctic mission to field test a "smart shirt for space"
January 22, 2014 - Longueuil, Quebec - Canadian Space Agency
XPAntarctik, a crew of six experienced explorers, leaves Canada tomorrow on the first leg of an unprecedented 45-day expedition to Antarctica. During their expedition, the team will be testing Astroskin, a prototype "smart shirt" for space for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
View full article →Forbes: Hexoskin - a second skin for the quantified athlete and maybe even you!
"The advances of digital health have resulted in advances in medicine and the personal quest for health and wellness. [...] Since 2006, a group in Montreal has been developing and refining a wearable body metrics system they call Hexoskin, testing it on themselves as they run, cycle, ski or work out daily. [...] It is Hexoskin's ability to measure actual physiological responses in context, in a completely unobtrusive and non-invasive manner, that is grabbing the attention of scientists at several prestigious American and Canadian universities for their research in occupational and environmental medicine." View full article →Crunchwear: Hexoskin is a Bluetooth shirt that keeps track of your vitals
"There are lots of vitality trackers on the market, and more forthcoming, but the Hexoskin has the advantage of being a simple shirt and not something clunky like an armband. [...] This makes it a perfect piece of wearable technology not only for athletes but for patients suffering from heart palpitations and murmurs, and even doctors who have patients suffering from similar ailments." View full article →Canoe.ca Techno Science: A smart shirt from Quebec, in the footsteps of Google Glass
Google Glass has become the emblem of an emerging trend in information technology: wearable technology (smart clothes and accessories). With its Hexoskin shirt, Carré Technologies of Montreal, is following in Google's footsteps, but aiming at elite sports. View full article →La Presse - From Rosemont to outer space
"They often have no revenue, and keep going on risk and ambition alone. But some startups manage to take off quite spectacularly. The Business Section of La Presse spent a year with Hexoskin. Their product, a high-tech shirt, which they were having difficulty positioning, has now been tested by both astronauts and professional athletes."
View full article →bnetTV interview at mHealth Summit 2012
Tony Sklar of bnetTV interviews Yvan Ouellet, VP of Business Development at Carré Technologies at the mHealth Summit show in December in Washington, DC. View full article →La Presse: The future of information technology is wearable
This article is in French only.
In Montreal, Hexoskin has developed a prototype of a shirt that reads your heart rate, breathing rate and movements. Its first customers are the astronauts of the Canadian Space Agency...
La Presse: Quantified self - it's all about you
This article is in French.
Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, a graduate of Polytechnique, young entrepreneur and co-founder of Hexoskin, is showing off his baby: a shirt. It looks like an ordinary sports shirt, like a cyclist or runner would weare, except that integrated into the fabric of the garment are sensors. Using a battery that weighs 90 grams, about as much as an iPod nano, the shirt in question enables you to track how many calories you use up, the quality of your sleep, and your cardiac activity, day or night.
While Fournier explains the shirt he's wearing, we can see his heart beats on the screen behind him.
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