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Marta Iraola Iribarren

Is smart clothing the future of health tracking? Research shows it outperforms current wearables

Most health and fitness trackers take the form of a strap around the wrist or the body. But new research has found that looser clothing can track movement more accurately.

Loose fabric can predict and capture the body’s movement with 40 percent more accuracy and using 80 percent less data, the results published in the journal Nature Communications showed.

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