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Date of publication: 1 June 2009
Capacitative coupling for non-contact monitoring
Scientists at the Textile Research Institute Thuringia-Vogtland (TITV Greitz) in Germany are investigating the employment of electronic textiles that can take physiological readings without direct skin contact.