Five high-tech projects from Japan performed online demonstrations during a promotional event hosted by the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WHDZ) on July 29 -- their developers seeking opportunities to settle in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, according to WHDZ officials.
One of them is Xenoma, a Japanese company incubated by a laboratory of the University of Tokyo. The e-skin body suit developed by it has more than 30 built-in sensors, which can simultaneously detect the wearer's blood pressure, heart rate and other data.
On its sleeves, four motion capture devices have been placed, which can capture the wearer's arm movements in real time and synchronize them to games and animations.
According to the head of the project, this "smart clothing" also has many application scenarios.
For example, a gym coach can use the data provided by the body suit to determine whether an athlete’s movements are optimal. In this way, one coach can tutor 20 athletes at the same time, the project leader said.
In another example, parents can use the body suit’s data to track a baby's sleeping postures, while a company can use it to measure the workload of employees.
The Japanese developers claim that if the technology is applied to pajamas or clothes, the temperature settings for air conditioner can even be controlled according to body temperatures.
The Japanese developers told the promotional event that if the project is to settle in Wuhan, Xenoma needs policy guidance on such areas as company registration, available laboratories and production facilities -- as well as advice on financing and sales.
Four other projects were introduced at the event.
Projects included biological cell-artificial joints, the world's first acellular base artificial ligament and annular ultrasound breast examination equipment.
The project technologies were developed by the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Hokkaido University and other institutions.
According to WHDZ officials, the development zone already has many resident Japanese companies, including Honda, Nissan, and Aeon.
They added that the development zone is committed to creating a better business climate to attract more projects.
