Integrated Textile & Flexible Wearable Platforms solutions

Integrated Smart Clothing for Physiological Monitoring

2M Engineering develops textile and flexible wearable platforms that integrate biosensors directly into clothing. These solutions enable continuous physiological monitoring in a comfortable, non-invasive and always-on form factor, even under extreme physical and environmental conditions.

Our textile wearables are designed for medical, professional sports and defence applications, where reliability, comfort and long-term wearability are essential.

Smart Clothing technology integration — *Wearable Textile Electronics for sports applications*

Why Textile Wearables

In many applications, traditional wearables or rigid devices are not ideal. Textile-integrated sensors offer a unique combination of:

high wearing comfort for long-term use
unobtrusive, non-invasive monitoring
seamless integration into daily or professional clothing
continuous data capture without user interaction

This makes textile wearables particularly suitable for training, field operations, rehabilitation and performance monitoring.

Applications: Medical, Sports & Defence

Textile wearable platforms are used when insight into a person’s physiological state under real-world conditions is required.

Medical & Health

long-term physiological monitoring
rehabilitation and recovery tracking
stress and workload assessment
decentralized and home-based monitoring

Professional & Sports

performance monitoring during training
motion, breathing and heart rate analysis
feedback and coaching applications

Defence & Extreme Environments

operation under high G-force, temperature and stress.
pilot and aircrew physiology monitoring
soldier performance and safety monitoring

Designed for Extreme Conditions

Many textile wearables fail when used outside controlled environments. 2M Engineering specializes in textile biosensors that remain accurate and reliable under extreme conditions, including:

intensive movement
perspiration and dehydration
vibration and G-forces
long wear durations
demanding safety requirements

Our solutions are designed to function during real use, not just in laboratory settings.

Textile Wearables vs Skin Patches

Both textile wearables and skin-mounted patches have their strengths, and 2M Engineering develops both.

Skin Patch Technology

direct skin contact
superior signal quality for ECG, EMG, EEG, EOG
highly robust against motion artefacts
ideal for clinical-grade measurements

Textile Wearable Technology

indirect skin contact via clothing
significantly more comfortable for daily and long-term use
non-invasive and easy to wear
ideal for continuous monitoring in real life

In many projects, hybrid solutions are used, combining the strengths of both approaches.

One-Stop Shop for Textile Wearables

Together with specialized partners, 2M Engineering delivers complete textile wearable solutions, including:

textile-integrated biosensors
flexible and printed electronics
embedded data processing
wireless connectivity
mobile apps, cloud platforms and dashboards

Data can be used for:

real-time feedback (visual, haptic or auditory)
monitoring dashboards
aggregated reporting and analytics

Custom Textile Biosensors

Standard sensors are not always sufficient. Some applications require entirely new biosensor concepts, integrated creatively into textiles.

2M supports:

sensor concept development
flexible and printed electronics design
textile integration and durability testing
rapid prototyping and validation
transition to certified products

From first idea to wearable product.

Reference Project: Flight Sensing Shirt (Aeolus)

A flagship example of our textile wearable expertise is the Flight Sensing Shirt, developed for military pilots and aircrew.

Purpose

physiological monitoring under extreme flight conditions
improve pilot–aircraft teaming
mitigate Unexplained Physiological Events (UPEs)
use during both training and flight

Key Characteristics

sensors: ECG, bio-impedance, acceleration
stretchable electronics printed on fabric
measures heart rate, breathing rate, G-force, hydration indicators
redundant sensor positioning for reliability
seamless integration into pilot undergarments
compliant with strict safety regulations

Partners – Aeolus

Joint development with Holst Centre, TNO Soesterberg, Elitac and 2M Engineering.

→ More information on the Flight Sensing Shirt

OEM & Custom Development

Textile and flexible wearables are rarely off-the-shelf products. Our platforms are designed as OEM foundations that can be fully customized.

We support:

sensor and textile architecture
flexible electronics design
embedded algorithms
data pipelines and software
certification and industrialisation

Selected Textile Wearable Projects

Our textile wearable platforms have been applied in:

military pilot monitoring systems
smart clothing with sensor and haptic feedback
wearable EMG solutions
professional performance monitoring

→ View textile wearable projects

Let’s Explore Your Textile Wearable Concept

If you are exploring smart clothing, textile biosensors or flexible wearables for medical, professional or defence use, we are happy to explore how our platforms can support your application.

→ Contact 2M Engineering