News & Events

Future Fibre Materials
13th Jul 2008
SmartLife Technology CEO - Mark Pedley is delivering a key note in Australia at the "Future Fibre Materials - Renaissance through Innovation" Annual Conference 2008 "The Australian TCF Technology Network is pleased to announce it will be holding its Annual Conference on the 22nd of July at Crown Casino. The...
SmartLife Technology Looks to US for Sales
26th Jun 2008
"Manchester-based medical research company SmartLife Technology is focusing on the US market for its HealthVest product as part of plans to increase sales to more than £10m by 2012. “There has been interest from across the UK, but I’m currently spending most of my time speaking to organisations in North America....
SmartLife Hopes for £10m Sales
26th Jun 2008
"A healthcare technology business based in Manchester today announced plans to roll out its flagship product - a vest which can measure the wearer's temperature, heart rate and breathing. SmartLife Technology is hoping its 'HealthVest' will enable the firm to achieve sales of more than £10m by 2012. ...
SmartLife Set for Expansion
25th Jun 2008
Medical research company SmartLife Technology has announced plans to roll out its flagship product in a bid to push sales past £10m by 2012. The HealthVest, which can measure an individual’s temperature, respiration and heart rate, was originally developed at the University of Manchester before SmartLife acquired the...
2008 Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Investor's Meeting
10th May 2008
SmartLife Technology was invited to participate at the 2008 Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Investor's Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in California, USA . "This is a one-day invitation-only meeting comprised of short presentations, panel discussions, and dialogue, which is...
SmartLife Technology joined BSI
15th Jan 2008
SmartLife Technology is proud to announce that it has become a member of the British Standards Institution. The BSi membership confirms once again SmartLife's commitment to excellence and high standards. For more information visit www.bsigroup.com ...
SmartLife technology joined Continua Health Alliance
14th Nov 2007
SmartLife® Technology joined Continua Health Alliance , a non-profit, open industry alliance of the finest healthcare and technology companies in the world joining together in collaboration to improve the quality of personal healthcare. Continua has as a mission "establishing an eco-system of interoperable personal...
Smart technology to be developed in the Northwest
26th Oct 2007
"SmartLife Technology Ltd in Manchester has been awarded an Exceptional Development Grant of £500,000 by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) to develop a garment called the ‘HealthVest’. Since 2004 the company has developed a garment that incorporates sensors allowing the monitoring of vital...
Industry Blog Refers to SmartLife Technology
24th Oct 2007
Industry blog talk2myshirt Refers to SmartLife Technology: SmartLife® Technology Limited, a UK based company founded in 2003, has designed and developed a garment based system with integrated sensors for sport, personal health and wellbeing monitoring. In sports, integrating sensors that collect data about a...
SmartLife ‘friends and family’ event
23rd Oct 2007
Investors, researchers, University of Manchester colleagues and SmartLife’s management team joined together during October to celebrate the company’s achievements. Successful development and testing of the company’s garment system demonstrator has been recognised in further investments. The Northwest...
Merseyside Special Investment Fund
1st Sep 2007
SmartLife® Technology commences on its Series A funding round and quickly secures the interests of a North West Investor, Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) for interim funding throughout the round. www.msif.co.uk ...
Awarded an exceptional R&D grant by NWDA
1st Aug 2007
SmartLife® is awarded an exceptional R&D grant by the UK’s Northwest Development Agency in conjunction with the UK Department of Trade and Industry, enabling the company’s continued development from pre-commercial demonstrators into full partner commercialisation. ...
Innovation Forum
1st Sep 2006
A medical technology conference invited SmartLife to present their proof of concept garments at the Innovation Forum. Clear indication was forthcoming from sources such as the Materials KTN and incumbents the Sensors KTN, that Personalised Monitoring is of increasing important in the future and will likely supersede location or environmental...
TexNet
1st Mar 2005
Smart textiles in the UK’s northwest – a TexNet report highlights SmartLife® as part of the northwest’s strengths in research and clinical trials. North West Textile Network (NWtexnet), is funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency to promote and develop the technical textile (Advanced Flexible...
Gordon Brown MP opens the Arches
1st Jan 2005
The Right Honourable Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, opens the Arches suite of high-tech incubators managed by the University of Manchester Incubator Company (UMIC). Gordon Brown expressed interest in the garment technology and is seen here talking with CEO Mark Pedley and Co-inventor, Dr Paul Beatty. ...
UMIP
1st Dec 2004
The University of Manchester Intellectual Property company (UMIP) assigns core technology in a purchase deal to create SmartLife®. www.umip.com ...
SmartLife® secured significant early funding
17th Oct 2004
SmartLife® secured significant early funding from an industrial investor in the Asia Pacific. This was seen as offering double benefits as the investor are industry specialists investing both cash and intellectual capital. ...

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