Beth Buczynski

Electro-Thermal Knee Brace Provides Stability During Workout, Comfort After

by , 03/22/14
filed under: Ecouterre

kinetic energy, energy storing, workout gear, high tech knee brace, knee pad, Red Dot Awards, Energy Storage Heating Knee Pad, electrothermal yarn

What if your knee brace could not only comfort you during your workout, but also after? That’s the problem solved by a recent Red Dot Design Award winner. Designers at Ming Chuan University the Energy Storage Heating Knee Pad stores kinetic energy creating during your work out using an electro-thermal yarn. This means that wearing the knee brace during your workout will provide stability to a weak joint, and then after the workout, that same brace can act as a heating pad, providing quick relief for stiff body parts.

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