NuHip
Category: Mechanical/Materials
Developers: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Product Description:NuHip is one of the world’s first hip protectors for shower use, which contains a bio-inspired two-phase network and shape-memory materials, delivering adaptive, universal fit and impact protection. NuHip has an invisible, intelligent design that combines superior impact protection with everyday comfort.By combining coral-inspired bicontinuous two-phase materials with a user-centered design, NuHip effectively reduces impact forces and enhances protection. NuHip effectively reduces impact forces by at least 250% more than conventional protectors. It is demonstrated to reduce a 10,000 Newtons impact to below 2,500 Newtons, well below the threshold of hip fracture. Its shape-memory technology and auxetic feature allow smart customization to diverse body shapes, ensuring a secure and personalized fit. Furthermore, its softness ensures all-day comfort and provides 24-hour protection even during showering. NuHip offers a personalized protection for all body types through its shape-memory 3D skeleton combined with auxetic foamed silicone. It softens at 50-60°C, allowing it to conform to the user’s body shape. Once cooled, it hardens and retains the customized fit, ensuring both comfort and stability. This shape-memory technology enables a "one-for-all" solution, accommodating a wide range of body shapes and sizes without the need for tailored customization, simplifying production and ensuring universal comfort and protection. Overall, NuHip is a solution to minimize the risk of hip fractures, preserve dignity of elderly and patients, and reduce societal costs.
Developers: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute
Product Description:NuHip is one of the world’s first hip protectors for shower use, which contains a bio-inspired two-phase network and shape-memory materials, delivering adaptive, universal fit and impact protection. NuHip has an invisible, intelligent design that combines superior impact protection with everyday comfort.By combining coral-inspired bicontinuous two-phase materials with a user-centered design, NuHip effectively reduces impact forces and enhances protection. NuHip effectively reduces impact forces by at least 250% more than conventional protectors. It is demonstrated to reduce a 10,000 Newtons impact to below 2,500 Newtons, well below the threshold of hip fracture. Its shape-memory technology and auxetic feature allow smart customization to diverse body shapes, ensuring a secure and personalized fit. Furthermore, its softness ensures all-day comfort and provides 24-hour protection even during showering. NuHip offers a personalized protection for all body types through its shape-memory 3D skeleton combined with auxetic foamed silicone. It softens at 50-60°C, allowing it to conform to the user’s body shape. Once cooled, it hardens and retains the customized fit, ensuring both comfort and stability. This shape-memory technology enables a "one-for-all" solution, accommodating a wide range of body shapes and sizes without the need for tailored customization, simplifying production and ensuring universal comfort and protection. Overall, NuHip is a solution to minimize the risk of hip fractures, preserve dignity of elderly and patients, and reduce societal costs.
