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Textronics CEO Shares Start-Up Company’s Story at Smart Fabrics Conference

Textronics, Inc. CEO Stacey Burr will share the story of her start-up company’s commercialization of electronic-textiles at the fourth annual Smart Fabrics conference, May 5-7, in Charleston, S.C.

NuMetrex and lululemon athletica Premier New Heartbeat Running Tank Top

NuMetrex and lululemon athletica have teamed up to create a technically-advanced running tank top that monitors heart rate.

Textronics Brings Innovative Heart Rate Monitor Clothing to Health & Fitness Clubs

Textronics, Inc., is reaching out to the health club industry with its innovative NuMetrex brand of heart rate monitoring athletic apparel. The Company will show its NuMetrex Heart Sensing Sports Bra, Racer Tank, and Cardio Shirt for Men at the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) annual convention and trade show, March 5-8, at the San Diego Convention Center.

Textronics, Inc. Receives FDA Clearance on Textile Electrode

Textronics, Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market its textile-based ECG Electrode for use in general electrocardiograph monitoring and recording procedures. The company’s heart-sensing fabric offers a comfortable alternative to adhesive electrodes and metal wristbands that are commonly used with most ECG instruments on the market.

Textronics, Inc. Awarded Patent for Textile-Based Electrode

Textronics, Inc., a leader in the development of wearable sensors for fitness and health monitoring, has been awarded a patent (7,308,294 B2) for its textile-based electrode system by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.

NuMetrex Heart Sensing Bra: From the Heart, For the Heart

NuMetrex offers a Valentine’s special with $5 donated to the American Heart Association for every purchase of a heart rate monitor sports bra through February.

NuMetrex Adds Full Support Products to 2008 Collection of Heart Rate Monitoring Sports Bras and Fitness Apparel

Responding to the heart rate monitoring needs of women who require full support in a sports bra, NuMetrex introduces two new products for its Spring/Summer 2008 Collection: the Seamless Control Bra and the Full Support Heart Sensing Sports Bra.

NuMetrex.com Offers Free Heart Rate Monitor Coaching

Applying heart rate to fitness training just got easier. NuMetrex, the company that developed a comfortable alternative to those hard plastic chest straps, is now offering a free online coaching resource to help people apply heart rate data to their fitness efforts.

Work Out in "The Zone" to Burn More Calories and Get Fit Faster

Using a heart rate monitor can help you create your own personalized fitness and weight loss program to safely and effectively get in shape.

Textronics Develops Transmitter For Heart Rate Monitoring Fabrics

NuMetrex heart rate monitor clothing now comes with a special transmitter designed to work in a textile environment, sending heart rate data from the garment’s stretchy fabric electrode sensors to a compatible wristwatch or exercise machine.

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NuMetrex Heart Sensing Sports Bra
Named "2006 Sports Product of the Year" by the Sporting Goods Manufacturer's Association, the NuMetrex Heart Sensing Sports Bra was the first commercial garment to incorporate textile sensing technology. Electronic sensing fibers are knitted directly into the fabric, where they pick up the wearer's heartbeat and radio it to a watch via a tiny transmitter in the front of the bra.

NuMetrex Cardio Shirt for Men
Constructed of an advanced wicking fabric with special sensory fibers integrated directly into the garment, the NuMetrex Cardio Shirt allows men to wear a heart rate monitor without knowing it is there. The conductive fabric moves comfortably with the body, picking up the heart's pulse and sending it to a compatible watch or cardio machine via a tiny transmitter that is snapped into a pocket in the shirt.

NuMetrex Heart Sensing Racer Tank
Offering the same seamless heart rate monitoring capabilities as the NuMetrex Heart Sensing Sports Bra, the sleeveless racer tank features a shelf bra where the electronic sensing technology is integrated into the fabric to monitor heart rate. The NuMetrex Heart Sensing Racer Tank is made of quick-drying nylon Lycra with a second-skin fit and medium support.

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