Heart
Three-lead ECG on Astroskin, single-lead on Hexoskin, with heart rate and HRV.
Equipment Trials With Astroskin and Hexoskin
Compare Equipment by What It Costs the Wearer
A new load carriage, a heavier kit, or a different protective layer changes how hard people work. Record heart, breathing, and movement during the same task in each configuration and compare the physiological response, not only the completion time.
Astroskin adds three-lead ECG, SpO₂, and skin temperature for heat and exertion protocols. Hexoskin records ECG, breathing, and movement across the whole group.
Breathing
Two textile bands for breathing rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation.
Oxygen & Temperature
Astroskin adds PPG, SpO₂, and skin temperature.
Live & Review
Live data on Android with Hexoskin OneSDK, every session in Hexoskin OneView.
Same Task, Different Kit
Repeat a standardized task in each configuration and record the whole sequence under the actual equipment. Heart rate, breathing rate, minute ventilation, and recovery show how each option loads the body, next to completion time and participant feedback, so equipment decisions rest on the physiological cost to the wearer.
Solutions Tailored to Every Use Case
Choose Astroskin for the widest set of signals, or Hexoskin to equip larger groups. Both share one recording, software, and data ecosystem.
Astroskin
A wearable system with three-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, PPG and oxygen saturation, skin temperature, and movement, for programs that need this wider combination of signals.
Explore Astroskin
Hexoskin
Smart clothing for cardiac, respiratory, and movement recording, in men’s, women’s, and junior garments. Choose Hexoskin when single-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, and activity cover the application.
Explore HexoskinWhat Your Team Gets
Live During the Session
Heart rate, breathing rate, and activity live in Hexoskin OneApp, or streamed to your own Android application with Hexoskin OneSDK.
Explore Hexoskin OneAppAfter Every Session
Full sessions, annotations, and metrics for every participant in Hexoskin OneView, with exports for your analysis.
Explore the SoftwareThe Signals Themselves
The ECG, breathing, and acceleration waveforms behind every value, with Hexoskin OneAPI access for your own tools.
Explore the Raw SignalsResearch and Evidence
Product specifications and published load and exertion studies show what each platform records.
Dress for success: Embedded health sensors in the future soldier
A Canadian military section commander wore Hexoskin through a reserve field exercise, with about 30 hours of continuous recording under a tactical load-bearing vest. The report describes one wearer and one exercise.
Read the SourceAstroskin Measurements and Research Platform
The Astroskin research system, with three-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, acceleration, optical PPG, oxygen saturation, and skin temperature.
Read the SourceHexoskin Measurements and Research Platform
Sensors, recorder, and outputs of the Hexoskin garment, with single-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, and acceleration.
Read the SourceHuman Performance & Safety Research
Hexoskin research page for human performance and safety studies in defense, aerospace, first response, and the workplace.
Read the SourceUpper- vs. Whole-Body Cooling During Exercise with Thermal Protective Clothing in the Heat
Eight participants exercised in the heat in protective clothing with no cooling, upper-body cooling, or whole-body cooling while Hexoskin monitored heart rate. Both cooling conditions reduced cardiovascular strain.
Read the SourceWhite Papers
Background reading on continuous physiological monitoring in this field. Each paper is a free download.
Operational Stress Injuries in First Responders
Operational stress injuries among first responders, and the cardiac, respiratory, and sleep measures that research has explored to detect and follow them.
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