Title :
Smart fabric, or "wearable clothing"
Author :
Post, E. Rehmi ; Orth, Margaret
Author_Institution :
Media Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Wearable computers can now merge seamlessly into ordinary clothing. Using various conductive textiles, data and power distribution as well as sensing circuitry can be incorporated directly into wash-and-wear clothing. This paper describes some of the techniques used to build circuits from commercially available fabrics, yarns, fasteners, and components.
Keywords :
portable computers; tactile sensors; textile industry; user interfaces; components; conductive textiles; fabrics; fasteners; smart fabric; wash-and-wear clothing; wearable computers; yarns; Circuits; Clothing; Conducting materials; Fabrics; Keyboards; Laboratories; Optical fiber cables; Textiles; Wearable computers; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Wearable Computers, 1997. Digest of Papers., First International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8192-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISWC.1997.629937
