YouCare is a t-shirt with sensors incorporated into the fabric, without metal components, capable of detecting our bio-vital parameters and transmitting them via 5G. It was born from the collaboration between AccYouRate, an Italian company, and the Chinese technology giant Zte and was presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, one of the most important TLC sector exhibitions in Europe and in the world, which returns in a reduced version after a year stop due to the Covid emergency.
The AccYouRate and ZTE project is part of a rapidly developing sector, that of Smart Clothing. The market trend forecast for the next few years shows a 180 percent increase in demand. YouCare is woven in an intelligent polymer, able to detect parameters such as electrocardiogram, breath, sweat components, muscular effort, temperature and transmit them for all subsequent 5G processing. It is able to monitor health, stress, active life behaviors, improving the safety and quality of life of workers, athletes, the elderly: in this sense, 5G technology allows a quick response to critical and preventive events. The bio-vital parameters of YouCare are sent to a miniaturized control unit that records the data, converts them into digital format, sending them thanks to 5G to a bidirectional platform that transmits them to the user’s smartphone or smartwatch and to a remote unit that analyzes them. values with medical software.
This technology opens the door to new health protection services in the areas of telemedicine, work, sport and well-being of the person in general. “It is an invention that will change the life and the quality of home and remote care for many citizens who have health problems and vulnerable people with chronic diseases, guaranteeing accessibility to the assistance and support services of our national and international network – explained Francesco Rocca, President of the Italian Red Cross, and President of the International Federation of Red Cross Societies. “We have been working on the project since 2018 – he added – and be able to present today the results of this important experiment, born in the most difficult moment of the Covid emergency, allows us to think with pride on the progress made so far and to look to the future with the hope and certainty of having demonstrated the commitment, capacity and dedication of the Red Cross network, in the use and dissemination of new technologies to service of the person and of society “. The top management of Zte also took part in the presentation.” We are particolarmen We are proud to be a partner of this extraordinary innovation – said Xiao Ming, International Business President of the Chinese telecommunications giant – we firmly believe that our 5G technology is the key to improving the quality of life “. While Hu Kun, CEO of Zte Italy and Western Europe, stressed the importance of collaboration with Italian companies. “We intend to continue to make our contribution to technological development with an Italian matrix and global significance” he said, “For this reason, starting from next autumn, we will launch a test action on YouCare within our Innovation and Research Center. on 5G located in L’Aquila “.
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