Another Empa project also makes it to the final selection On Wednesday, August 30th, about 200 participants waited expectantly to hear the jurys verdict at the CTI Medtech Award. Four finalists had already been selected from the over 40 projects submitted for consideration to the Commission for Technology and Innovation, a division of the Swiss Federal Office for Professional Training and Technology (OPET) dedicated to promoting innovation in technology. Among the four finalist projects nominated for the prize worth CHF 10,000, apart from «Clothing ensemble for the upper body part with integrated embroidered electrodes for long term monitoring of electro cardiogram (ECG) of elderly people» led by Markus Weder was another Empa project. This was concerned with the integration of conducting fibers into medical and sportswear for muscle stimulation purposes. Project leader Weder was very pleased with the award. Im certain that our project won because we have strong industrial partners and our product has a very good chance of market success. The prize-winning T-shirt project represents proof of the high quality of the innovative applied research performed at Empa. It is also an excellent example of a successful partnership with Swiss industry and other research organizations. Empas project partners: NTB Buchs, Medical Engineering Lab; ETH Zurich, Wearable Computing Lab; Swiss Textile School STF, Zurich; University Hospital Tuebingen; Odlo International AG, Huenenberg; Bischoff Textil AG, St. Gall; Strela Development AG, Steinhausen; Schiller AG, Baar Editor: Martina Peter, Communications Department, Tel. +41 44 823 49 87, Contact for technical information: Markus Weder, Protection and Physiology, Tel. +41 71 274 77 74, |