1. By
Radhika
DCS-07

2. Contents
• Smart Fabrics
• Smart Fabrics in Electronics
• Smart Fabric heater
• Wireless Fabric Keyboard
• Wearable Electronic Textiles
• Sun Protective Clothing
• PressureSensors
• SmartShirtArchitecture
• Computersdevelopment
• Computercomfort
• Intelligenttextiles
• Characteristics of Smart Fibers
• Futuristic Fashions
• Merits and Demerits of Smart Fabric

3.  Smart fabric is a phenomenon that entails merging computer
components seamlessly into ordinary clothing.
 manufacturers use various conductive textiles, data and
power distribution as well as sensing circuitry.
There are various techniques used to build circuits from
commercially available fabrics, yarns, fasteners and components.
Smart fabrics are fabrics that can change or react automatically
to their surroundings.
These response could be thermal, chemical, mechanical, electric,
magnetic or from other source.
Smart fabrics are being developed by scientist not only keep you
warm but also cool, dry, moisturised and free of bacteria, odour
and stains while measuring your heart rate.
These components may range from microcontrollers to sensors
and actuators.
Smart Fabrics

4. Artificial Horizon.
 Direction Finding Low Radar Cross Section Antenna
systems.
Smart Fabrics in Electronics
Collapsible Impulse Radiating Antenna.

5. Smart Fabric heater
works on demand - heating is activated under pressure

6. Wireless Fabric Keyboard
• The Wireless Fabric Keyboard provides a 63-key QWERTY layout
and has a footprint of 306mm.
• The only control is a power on/off button.
• First we have to press quite hard on the slightly raised 'keys' to
get a result, which is signalled by an audible click.
• battery life -10 hours.

7. Wearable Electronic Textiles
 Wearable electronic textiles are often controlled by soft
switches which are sewn into products using printing, coating
and embroidery.
 Switches are washable and durable.
 It will eventually be incorporated into interior textiles to
control lighting, appliances, TVs and stereos.
 They can be used to dial telephones, pager messages and
control music from MP3 players.

8. Music jacket

9. Sun Protective Clothing
 Sun protective
clothing is clothing specifically
designed for sun protection and is
produced from a fabric rated for its
level of ultraviolet (UV) protection.
 This technique is often used as
swimwear for children.
 some textiles and fabrics employed
in the use of sun protective clothing
may be pre-treated with UV
inhibiting ingredients during
manufacture to enhance their UV
blocking capacity.
 Some hats and umbrellas,
particularly for children may also use
this technique.

10. Pressure Sensors
A pressure sensor measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids
 Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from
expanding, and is usually stated in terms of force per unit area
Pressure sensors are used for control and monitoring in thousands
of everyday applications.
 Pressure sensors can also be used to indirectly measure other
variables such as fluid/gas flow, speed, water level, and altitude.
Pressure sensors can vary drastically in
technology, design, performance, application suitability and cost.

11. Smart Shirt Architecture
 Electronic devices
 Heart rate
 Breathing
 Body temperature
 Electrocardiogram
 Voice
Weave with optical
fibers net

12. Computers development
Past times
Today reality

13. Computer comfort
Hard computers
 hard
 stiff
 thick
Textile computers
soft
flexible
thin

14. Intelligent textiles
 Sensitive to external
fields (ph, radiation,
electric, magnetic,
mechanical fields). PASIVE
 Changing properties
(usually form) as
response to external field changes
ACTIVE
electrochromic
photochromic

15. Characteristics of Smart Fibers
Light
Durable
Washable
Versatile
Blend with human tissue
Communicate,Locate and Monitor

16. Light
 thus portable
 Soft
 Upto 0.6mm thick
 Powered by
 Parent device
 Mobile technology cells
 Luminous fibres
 Human muscle movt
 Flexible
 Some are 100% fabric
 No wires/lumps
 ’foldable’, ’creasable’

17. Durable
 Can be crumpled /compressed (driven over)
 Pierce resistant
 Water proof
 Can handle extreme conditions

18. Washable
 Dry cleanable
 Applicable in various garments
 Nylon
 Denim
 Wool
 Silicon
 Cotton
 Polyester
 Plastics

19. Versatile
 Enables the creation of touchpads
 with any number of controls
 In any layout
 Supports gesture controls
 & Scroll functions
 Lit fabrics
 256 spectrum of colors

20. Blend with human tissue
 BCI(Brain Computer Interface)
 A brain–computer interface (BCI), often called a mind-
machine interface (MMI)
 BCIs are often directed at assisting, augmenting, or
repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions.

21. Communicate, Locate & Monitor
 Army, Police, disaster response units
 Communication systems
 GPS systems
 Monitoring systems
 Exoskeleton
 Giving more stability
 Increase power by 25 – 35%
 Carry wounded soldier
 Platform for more/heavier weapons
 Enhanced armours
 Lighter
 stronger

22. Futuristic fashions
 Clothing
 Carnivore
 Concerts
 Personal accessories
 Purses
 Bags...
 Furniture
 Loose covers
 Security & emergency
 Rd construction
 Police, fire brigaders, paramedics...

23. Merits of smart fabrics
 Integratable with fabric/human body
 Cotton, Polyester, Nylon, etc
 Washable
 BCIs & Exoskeletons
 Color change
 Set to display the 256 spectrum
 Seeable from a distant
 Police & emergency services
 Construction

24. Tracking/communication systems
 Army, police etc
 wildlife
 Monitoring systems
 Army
 Patients
 Space explorers & tourists
 Wildlife

25. Demerits of Smart Fabrics
 Some of the demerits are as follows
 Charged & recharged
 Bulky
 yet to be commercially realised
 Need a battery pack
 Expensive
 BCI