Gryppers | SporTech Sleeve: Thermal Enervation Detection Kyle Chang, Julia Drago, Dylan Kyker, and Olivia Turschak
An average of 618 Americans die every year as a result of heat-related illnesses, so our aim was to create a knit sleeve that will prevent fatal heat-illness by alerting the user when they are at risk. Our thermal enervation sleeve is integrated with a sensor that notifies the wearer when they are becoming dehydrated and at risk of heat exhaustion by analyzing the sodium ion concentration in their sweat. Sweat is channeled through our sleeve design, wicking it away from the skin and towards the sensor for analysis. Initially, our team decided that either a spacer fabric or plated fabric would be best for the sleeve channel design, but we eventually decided to use plated fabric. 22
