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WearTech Labs
Simon Fraser University's (SFU) WearTech Labs is an SFU Core Facility for the research and development (R&D) of wearable technologies (wearables). At WearTech Labs, wearables go beyond smart watches and fitness trackers to also include exoskeletons, prosthetics, earphones, shoes, technical clothing, gear and more. Our mission is to make a meaningful impact on the world through wearables—for instance, by improving the health of babies born in the developing world through vital sign alerts, increasing business productivity through redesign of workplaces based on usage, and locating downed firefighters in complex indoor settings.
Meeting this goal requires developing new hardware technologies, new sensing modalities and algorithms to quantify our lives, new analytic tools to make sense of this wealth of data, and new control strategies to help change how we live our lives, all perpetually powered by our own physiology.
Our Labs
Within WearTech Labs, the Ideation Lab focuses on design, simulation and collaboration activities. The Prototyping Lab includes 3D printers and other equipment for the design, fabrication, characterization and testing of new devices. The Human Performance Lab tests these devices on human users under any environmental condition found on our planet. We test using biomechanical and physiological equipment within our environmental chamber, sleep chamber, hearing chamber and motion capture space. WearTech Labs is run by a team of scientists and engineers that—having worked within and alongside both academia and industry—understands the respective strengths and needs of each.
Contact Us
Email
info@weartechlabs.com
Mailing Address:
9639 - 137A Street, Unit 206
Surrey, B.C. V3V 0C6