PolyU scholars pioneer smart and sustainable personal cooling technologies to address global extreme heat (IMAGE)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PolyU scholars pioneer smart and sustainable personal cooling technologies to address global extreme heat

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iActive™ intelligent sportswear uses low voltage-driven artificial “sweat glands” and a root like liquid network mapped to sweat zones to quickly eject perspiration as droplets, reducing weight and cling, keeping the skin dry, and removing sweat up to 3-time faster than peak human sweating.

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