Smart Textiles & Wearable Technologies

Priti Veja PhD Design Research student – woven electronic textiles

Supervisor: Dr Sharon Baurley

Overview

•Brief insight into smart textiles and wearable technologies •Significance of this work on future products and concepts (sports, health & well being orientated) •Heightening awareness to inspire new work within the field and widen potential applications

Main textile application sectors

*© Techtextil, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH. http://www.techtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/messeprofil/anwendungsbereiche.html

What are smart textiles?

= textile foundation + additional built in functions

Flexible Insulation Protection Tactile Aesthetic Reproducible resource ...

Chemical treatments Performance (lighter, stronger, etc.) Colour & design Combination fibres Integrated technology ...

Inherent qualities Engineered &

designed qualities

Smart textiles high performance textiles

Textile performance codes

Organic Recycled Eco-friendly finishing

Garment washable

Responsible production

Wind-proof

Chlorine resistant

Naturally stretch

Mono-stretch Bi-stretch Easy-care Fast drying fabric

Water-repellent Water-proof Breathable-waterproof

Breathing Double-face Climatic

Thermal Stain-resistance

Anti-UV Anti-bacterial

High-resistance

Reflecting

The Première Vision Performance Codes are registered trademarks. Worldwide rights reserved©.

http://www.premierevision.com/en/The-PV/Performance-Codes *The Première Vision Performance Codes are registered trademarks. Worldwide rights reserved©.

Sports performance fabrics

www.gooseuk.com www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/archives/4478

www.kerriwallace.com

http://ripcurl.eu/index.php?id=879,1122,0,0,1,0&highlight=h-bomb http://www.speedo.co.uk/en_uk/infoadvice_1/infoadvice/fastskinlzrracerelite2/fastskin3technologiespg.html www.skins.net/en-GB/index.aspx

Smart textiles

Van Langenhove, L., Hertleer, C., Catrysse, M., Puers, R., Van Egmond, H. & Matthijs, D. (eds) 2004, Smart Textiles cited in Lymeris, A.;Rossi,D. De., Wearable eHealth systems for personalised health management : state of the art and future challenges, IOS Press, Amsterdam.

‘Passive Smart’ – those that can sense ‘Active Smart ‘– those that can sense and react ‘Very Smart Textiles ‘– those that can sense, react and adapt

Key functions in wearable technology

Sensors

Data processing

Actuators

Storage

Communication

E-textiles

Textiles + Electronics = E-textiles

Constructed textiles •Woven •Knitted •Non-woven Applied embellishments •Printed •Embroidered

INTEGRATION

Ultimate e-textile

Flexible substrate

Soft circuit

Desirable

Integrated technology

Collaborative design

E-Textiles Properties

Interactive

Constructed

Second skin

Unobtrusive

Innovative tactility

Reactive

Responsive

Sense

Light weight Transmit

Value Multi

functional

Durable Adaptive

Robust

Fibre combination

Fabric based computation

E-textiles research

Research Labs

EU Funded Research

Commercial

Groups

STretchable ELectronics for Large Area applications

Lumalive light emitting textiles

www.wearable.ethz.ch/research/groups/textiles www.stella-project.de/Objectives/tabid/53/Default.aspx www.research.philips.com/newscenter/pictures/lve-photext.html

www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles http://faculty.design.umn.edu/dunne/ www.media.mit.edu

Wearable technologies

www.adidas.com/uk/micoach/#GearIntelligentApparel/mds/modgr

http://nikeplus.nike.com/plus/

www.numetrex.com/

Wearable technologies

www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/nike-fuelband-vs-jawbone-up-vs-fitbit-ultra http://memoto.com/

www.google.com/glass/start/how-to-get-one/

Wearable technologies

www.artcopycode.com

Health – diagnosis, monitoring & treatment

www.sensimed.ch

www.smartlifetech.com www.wealthy-ist.com

Icedot – crash sensor system

https://icedot.org

Cycling wearable lighting

http://mdcinteriors.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cycel-making-night-cycling-safer.html www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/pedal-pusher-a-stylish www.angellamackey.ca/pages/photos www.fastcoexist.com/1681486/shine-bright-in-the-night-with-this-led-infused-cycling-jacket#1

Wearable electronics substrates

http://research.nokia.com/news/9510

www.stella-project.de/Objectives/tabid/53/Default.aspx

www.mc10inc.com/

Materials innovation

www.fabricanltd.com/

www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/residents/catts http://biocouture.co.uk www.irisvanherpen.com/haute-couture#crystallization

Thank you

priti.veja@brunel.ac.uk

@pritiveja

www.weft-lab.com