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Electronic textiles, or e‐textiles, are a new emerging inter disciplinary
field of research, bringing together specialists in information technology,
microsystems , materials, and textiles. E textiles offers the following
advantages:
– Flexible
– No wires to snag environment
– Large surface area for sensing
– Invisible to others
– Cheap manufacturing
The focus of this new area is on developing the enabling technologies
and fabrication techniques for the economical manufacture of large‐area,
flexible, conformable information systems that are expected to have
unique applications for both the consumer electronics and
aerospace/military industries.
They are naturally of particular interest in wearable computing, where
they provide lightweight, flexible computing resources that that are
easily integrated or shaped into clothing.
7. Current Technology
ZOLL Life Vest
Wearable defibrillator
If heart palpitations or an alarming rhythm
of the heart is detected, the vest gives a signal to
the patient.
If the signal is not stopped by the patient, then the
defibrillator gives off the conducting gel, then sending a
shock to the patient.
Vivo Metrics Life Shirt
Places ECG sensors on the body, which
then the data is transmitted to the data
recorder, which is then transmitted to the doctor.
Smart Shirt
Developed by Georgia Institute of Technology
T‐shirt with a fiber grid – data is then wirelessly
transferred to a PDA with Bluetooth technology.
9. How to Use the Smart Shirt?
To use this new technology, a combat soldier attaches sensors to his body, pulls
the Smart Shirt on, and attaches the sensors to the Smart Shirt. The Smart Shirt
functions like a motherboard, with plastic optical fibers and other specialty
fibers woven throughout the actual fabric of the shirt. To pinpoint the exact
location of a bullet penetration, a 'signal' is sent from one end of the plastic
optical fiber to a receiver at the other end. The emitter and the receiver are
connected to a Personal Status Monitor (PSM) worn at hip‐level by the soldier. If
the light from the emitter does not reach the receiver inside the PSM, it signifies
that the Smart Shirt has been penetrated (i.e., the soldier has been shot)
The soldier's vital signs‐heart rate, temperature, respiration rate, etc. are
monitored in two ways: through the sensors integrated into the T‐shirt; and
through the sensors on the soldier's body, both of which are connected to the
PSM. Information on the wound and the soldier's condition is immediately
transmitted electronically from the PSM to a medical triage unit somewhere
near the battlefield.
The Georgia Tech Smart Shirt can help a physician determine the extent of a
soldier's injuries based on the strength of his heartbeat and respiratory rate. This
information is vital for assessing who needs assistance first during the so‐called
'golden hour' in which there are numerous casualties