Title :
Advances in textile sensing and actuation for e-textile applications
Author :
Paradiso, Rita ; De Rossi, Danilo
Author_Institution :
Smartex Laboratories, Prato, Italy
Abstract :
SMART fabrics and interactive textiles (SFIT) are conceived as innovative textile structure integrating sensing, actuation, electronic, and power and/or communication functions. Due to their multifunctional interactivity, enabled by wearable devices that are flexible and conformable to the human body, e-textiles are considered relevant promoters of a higher quality of life and progress in biomedicine, as well as in several health-focused disciplines, such as biomonitoring, rehabilitation, telemedicine, teleassistance, ergonomics and sport medicine.
Keywords :
Electrodes; Fabrics; Impedance; Intelligent sensors; Piezoresistance; Research and development; Textiles; US Department of Transportation; Wearable sensors; Yarn; Biomedical Engineering; Clothing; Computing Methodologies; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Electrochemistry; Equipment Design; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Telemedicine; Telemetry; Textiles; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649993
