21-07-2012, 10:29 AM
Smart or Intelligent Technology in Textiles
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ABSTRACT
Based on the advances in computer technology, especiallyin the field of miniaturization, wireless technology and worldwidenetworking, the vision of wearable computers emerged. We already use alot of portable electronic devices like cell phones, notebooks and organizers. The next step in mobile computing could be to create trulywearable computers that are integrated into our daily clothing and alwaysserve as our personal assistant. This paper explores this from a textile pointof view. Which new functions could textiles have? Is a combination of textiles and electronics possible? What sort of intelligent clothing can be realized? Necessary steps of textile research and examples of currentdevelopments are presented as well as future challenges.
Humans are close to textiles more than anything, and certainly we carry it most, other thananything. The last few decades have shown enormous growth in the development of wireless
Communication technologies, nanoengineering, information technologies, and miniaturization ofelectronic devices. These developments draw the attention of researchers to envisage thesignificant characteristics of these advancements to the belongings with whom we are most closeto. Researchers are now evaluating the new ideas and possibilities to functionalize this ‘naturalnecessity feature of human beings’ with emerging technologies into different arrays of humanlife especially in the Medical and Healthcare management - as mobile monitoring of health care,protection from life risk factors, life style management, rehabilitation and into other facilitationof our lives, by Hybridizing the Smart or Intelligent Technology in Textiles. The aim of thispaper is to describe the analysis on how ‘Smart’, ‘intelligent’ or ‘active’ materials and textilesare being incorporated in the healthcare sector to aid diagnostics, recording and transmitting ofbio-physiological signals or ambulatory tele-monitoring of the body vitals, by encompassing thecore concepts of smart materials under the light of the recent developments and projects.