Muse Wearables rides tech wave with hybrid watches, virus-killing clothes

Bootstrapped with Rs 2 lakh in 2016, the Bengaluru-based firm has offices in Chennai, Singapore and London, and caters to 70 countries through direct-to-consumer model

In the time of Covid-19, you could catch the dreaded virus through your clothes or simply brushing against tables, chairs, doors and a plethora of other furniture items out there. But what if some of these items that you use daily were to be made in such a way as to quickly destroy all kinds of harmful viruses and bacteria, including the new Coronavirus?

Muse Wearables, a consumer technology start-up incubated at IIT Madras Incubation Cell, which designs, develops and sells wearable electronics, and consumer mobile internet services, is working on pathogen-destroying clothes. The technology on which the products will