New ski jacket uses electro-osmotic technology

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Leading Swiss sports apparel brand Kjus has unveiled a garment that will feature an electronic, user-controlled membrane.

 

Leading Swiss sports apparel brand Kjus has unveiled a garment that will feature an electronic, user-controlled membrane. The innovative wearable technology – Hydro_Bot, integrated by Kjus into a ski jacket, actively pumps out sweat from inside the jacket to keep skiers dry, warm, and performing at their best.

Kjus’s 7sphere Hydro_Bot ski jacket actively pulls sweat away from the inner garments and out of the jacket using a process called electro-osmosis. This overcomes the issue of sweat becoming trapped inside a skier’s clothing system, and the dreaded post activity chill that results from having saturated inner garments, according to the company.

The Hydro_Bot technology is incorporated into the jacket via two panels strategically located on the high-sweat zone of the back. The technology consists of three functional layers; a membrane made up of trillions of pores per m2, surrounded by conductive fabric. When a small electrical pulse is applied, the pores turn into micro-pumps, actively pumping sweat away from the body and out of the jacket quickly and efficiently. Ultra-simple to use, the jacket can we switched on and off with the integrated control unit or via Bluetooth from the iPhone and Android compatible app.

“Hydro_Bot solves one of the biggest challenges in the ski and sportswear sector – breathability, and the issues that arise when a skier builds up a sweat in sub-zero temperatures, while wearing warm, waterproof clothing,” said Joacim Holter, Managing Director and Chairman, Osmotex.