In-mold Electronics Add Context Awareness to Smart Apparel

Movesense is an open sensor platform for creating new solutions to track motion, heart rate and ECG. Movesense is used for building wearable sensor concepts and for integrating sensors with apparel. To enable smooth apparel integration and to provide context information for the sensor, Movesense team of the Finnish sports watch expert Suunto worked together with TactoTek, another Finnish tech company specialized in IME, to develop a flexible connector element that includes in-molded electronics and can be applied to clothing with typical textile industry methods. The presentation describes the project background and steps in practice.