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YouCare smart
T-shirt with 5G
technology to
save lives
Blusign has imposed restrictions on the free aniline content in dyestuff to promote environmental sustainability
ZTE and its Italian partners introduced the The textile technology, patented and certified,
5G-enabled YouCare smart shirt at the Mobile World develops new services for the protection of health in
Congress 2021 held in Barcelona, Spain, from June telemedicine, work, sport, and the general well-being
28th to July 1st. The project focuses on using of an individual. Monitoring health, stress, and active
revolutionary textile devices like T-shirts without metal living behaviors improve people's safety, the elderly,
components and with sensors naturally "set" into the and the sportive people. During the event, ZTE
fabric. The innovation, totally made in Italy, can detect iterated that they are particularly proud to partner in
this extraordinary innovation and firmly believe that
many bio-vital parameters of the individual and 5G technology is the key to a better quality of life.
intelligently transmit them using the 5G technology. ZTE further emphasized that they believe in talent
Made of washable materials without metal and capabilities and contribute to Italian and global
components, it can be worn like a regular T-shirt but technological development. For this reason, starting
is designed to monitor vital signs such as heartbeat, from next fall, ZTE will initiate the YouCare 5G test in
respiration, sweating, muscular effort, and the Innovation and Research Center located in
body temperature. L'Aquila".
According to a recent report, Challenges and ZTE is a provider of advanced telecommunications
Prospects for China's Telecommunications Industry systems, mobile devices, and enterprise technology
and Intellectual Property Market by investment solutions for consumers, operators, businesses, and
management company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), it public sector customers. As part of ZTE's strategy,
is among the most prominent global 5G standards the company is committed to providing customers with
with a patented technology value of around $7 billion. end-to-end integrated innovations to deliver excellence
Certified as a Medical Device, the YouCare shirt is and value as the telecommunications and information
based on the predictive algorithms for cardiovascular technology sectors converge. Listed on the Hong Kong
disorders of BSP-Medical, a world leader in the field and Shenzhen stock exchanges (stock code H:
of medical data science located in Hunan, China, 0763.HK / stock code A: 000063.SZ), ZTE sells its
and Tel Aviv, Israel. products and services in more than 160 countries.
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Bluesign applies strict restrictions on aniline content
and human safety. The bluesign System Substances List (BSSL) specifies limits for chemical substances in
articles (consumer safety limits), and the bluesign System Black Limits (BSBL) specifies threshold limits for
chemical substances in finished chemical products such as auxiliaries or dyes. Aniline induces
methemoglobinemia, which impairs the delivery of oxygen to tissues. Aniline may also cause the destruction
of red blood cells, which manifests as acute or delayed hemolytic anemia. The compilation of substances in
the BSBL includes all substances for which a precautionary hazard-based threshold limit is defined.
With effect from July 1, 2021, the bluesign revision incorporates new scientific knowledge on substances’
toxicological and ecological profile, the new legal classification of chemical substances, new legal consumer
safety limits, revised risk assessments, and feedback from experts. Aniline reduced indigo is now a must for
bluesign Approved indigo types and is restricted in other dyes and auxiliaries to a maximum limit of 500 mg/kg.
COSMOTEX AVB A new antiviral agent for textiles
Cosmo Speciality Chemicals, India has launched the color fastness of fabrics.
Cosmotex AVB. Cosmotex AVB is a new antiviral
and antibacterial agent against the human COSMOTEX AVB kills 99.9 percent of pathogens
Coronavirus (229 E, ISO 18184). COSMOTEX AVB and remains active against pathogens even up to
penetrates each fiber of the cloth and ruptures the 50 washes and keeping the environment hygienic
cell wall of the pathogens. With no adverse effects and safe from foreign living objects. A 2 to 5
on the quality of fabrics like strength, it can be percent dose for exhaust application and 20-50 g/l
applied to textiles with detergents or after washing for continuous application are the recommended
with the rinsing cycle. dosages of COSMOTEX AVB.
Furthermore, it is biodegradable, eco-friendly, and The new finish is retentive covalently bonded
free of silver technology. Compatibility with different chemistry leads to non-leaching behavior in the
finishes and detergents usually is an issue with waste water stream. It also effectively inhibits the
such antiviral agents. However, Cosmotex AVB is growth of bacteria, Mold / Mildew, and algae.
compatible with detergents and does not hamper
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