People often take walking for granted. We just move, one step after another, without ever thinking about what it takes to make that happen. Yet every single step is an extraordinary act of ...

New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...

WASHINGTON —With an aging global population comes a need for new sensor technologies that can help clinicians and caregivers remotely monitor a person’s health. New smart pants based on fiber optic ...