 Modeling and Simulating Electronic Textile Applications - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/jones_2004_LCTES04_modeling.pdf Technical paper about the development of a simulation environment for electronic textiles, enabling the modelling of a diverse range of areas related to the design of e-textiles. Authors: Thomas Martin and others. |
 Towards a Design Framework for Wearable Electronic Textiles - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/martin_2003_ISWC03_etextile_design.pdf Technical paper presenting a design framework for wearable electronic textiles, focusing on design and simulation issues that arise from the interaction of the electronic textile, the human body, and the environment. Authors: Thomas Martin and others. |
 An E-Textile System for Motion Analysis - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/edmison_2003_NGWSH03_etextile.pdf Technical paper about electronic textiles as home health care devices which integrate into the wearer's everyday lifestyle, presenting an inexpensive design approach usable with elderly people. Authors: Josh Edmison and others. |
 Communications in Electronic Textile Systems - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/nakad_2003_CIC03_paper.pdf Technical paper about the communication requirements between the computing and sensing elements of e-textiles, and a presentation of a new algorithm based on token grid systems. Authors: Z. Nakad and others. |
 Analysing the Use of E-Textiles to Improve Application Performance - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/jones_2003_VTC03_paper.pdf Technical paper presenting a methodology based on simulation and physical experimentation for quantifying energy consumption and hardware cost savings of e-textiles. Authors: Mark Jones and others. |
 Design of E-Textiles for Acoustic Applications - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10292003-122518/unrestricted/thesis.pdf Master of Science thesis focusing on the design of electronic textiles for acoustic signal processing applications, and presenting the design process and performance analysis of a large-scale beamforming fabric and a speech processing vest. Author: Ravi R. Shenoy. |
 Electronic Textiles for Autonomous Location Awareness - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-193827/unrestricted/mchandra_thesis.pdf Master of Science thesis describing an autonomous, wearable electronic textile location awareness system able to determine a user's location within a building. Author: Madhup Chandra. |
 Electronic Textiles: A Platform for Pervasive Computing - http://ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles/publications/ProcIEEE_2003_etextiles.pdf Includes technical article presenting an overview of current efforts and challenges in the development of electronic textiles, and a discussion about possible venues and opportunities for future research. Authors: Werner Weber and others. |
 A Service Backplane for E-Textile Applications - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles/publications/services.pdf Technical paper, describing fault tolerance, physical configuration and processing element selection as the three services primarily affected by the e-textile design space, based on an analysis of different case studies. Authors: Mark Jones, Tom Martin and Zahi Nakad. |
 Modeling of Power Consumption and Fault Tolerance for Electronic Textiles - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10162003-005726/unrestricted/tsheikh_2003_thesis.pdf Master of Science thesis focused on research aimed at creating simulation models for power consumption and fault behaviour of electronic textile applications, and presenting simulation results of the performance of an acoustic beamforming textile in the presence and absence of faults to explore battery life and fault tolerance. Author: Tanwir Sheikh. |
 Electronic Textiles for Motion Analysis - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05282004-163029/unrestricted/etd_final_C.pdf Master of Science thesis presenting the design of a simulation environment for wearable electronic textile systems for medical purposes, and demonstrating the use of the simulation via a prototype pair of e-textile pants. Author: Joshua N. Edmison. |
 Using Piezoelectric Materials for Wearable Electronic Textiles - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/edmison_2002_ISWC2002_piezoelectric.pdf Technical paper describing the desirable characteristics of piezoelectric materials for wearable e-textiles, including shape sensing, sound detection and sound emission, and a description of a prototype of a glove for user input. Authors: J. Edmison and others. |
 Architectures for E-Textiles - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232003-113641/unrestricted/Dissertation.pdf Doctor of Philosophy dissertation focusing on defining the architecture and networking scheme of electronic textiles, the creation of a simulation environment, and the implementation of hardware prototypes. Author: Zahi S. Nakad. |
 Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part3/post.html Feature paper, describing the development of electronic patterning of conductive textiles by numerically controlled sewing or weaving processes as a means of creating computationally active textiles. Authors: E.R. Post and others. |
 E-Broidery: Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part3/post.txt Technical paper about the development of electronic embroidery as a eans od creating durable, flexible and washable computationally active textiles. TXT document. Authors: E.R. Post and others. |
 E-Broidery: Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing - http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part3/post.pdf Technical paper about the patterning of conductive textiles by numerically controlled sewing or weaving processes, as a means of creating computationally active textiles. Authors: E.R. Post and others. |
 Human Powered Wearable Computing - http://web.media.mit.edu/~testarne/TR328/main-tr328.html Technical paper exploring the possibility of harnessing the energy expended by humans during everyday action, to generate the required power for wearable computers. Author: Thad Starner. |
 Wearable Conductive Fiber Sensors for Multi-Axis Human Joint Angle Measurements - http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/files/Web-Posting-Goneometer-Peter-Gibbs-All-Final-2-05.pdf Technical paper, describing the development of a wearable human joint motion sensor for continuous, day to day monitoring in medical and rehabilitation applications. Authors: Peter T. Gibbs and H. Harry Asada. |
 Electroactive Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems - http://www.media.mit.edu/resenv/classes/MAS965/readings/derossi1.pdf Technical paper about the monitoring of body kinematics, and the analysis of human postures and gestures by using strain gage sensors woven into textile fabrics developed to create wearable clothing based systems. Authors: D. de Rossi and others. |
 Smart Fabric, or Washable Computing - http://web.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/fabric/ 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. Paper describing a number of techniques used to build circuits from commercially available fabrics, yarns, fasteners, and components to create wearable computers. Authors: Rehmi Post and Maggie Orth. |
 Wearable Computing Meets Ubiquitous Computing - http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~rhodes/Papers/wearhive.html Technical paper describing the fundamental difficulties in both the pure ubiquitous computing and pure wearable computing paradigms when applied to context-aware applications, and a proposal for the solution of such. From The Proceedings of The Third International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Authors: Bradley J. Rhodes, Nelson Minar and Josh Weaver. |
 PadNET: Wearable Physical Activity Detection Network - http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/iswc/2003/2034/00/20340244.pdf Technical paper describing a low power, distributed platform that combines a wide range of different sensors in a wearable, hierarchical network. Author: Holger Junker and others. |
 A Sensate Liner for Personnel Monitoring Applications - http://www.computer.org/proceedings/8192/pdf/81920098.pdf Technical paper about a research program aimed at developing technologies for the creation of clothing able to monitor the medical condition of military combat personnel, by incorporating in woven or knitted fabrics electrically and optically conductive fibers. Authors: Dr.Eric Lind and others. |
 Textiles Gain Intelligence - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6X1J-49KRMTY-10-F&_cdi=7244&_user=10&_orig=search&_coverDate=10/31/2003&_sk=999939989&view=c&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkWW&md5=b766121e21f4a6bc36beae5ac6a4df47&ie=/sdarticle.pdf Feature article from the Materials Today magazine about developing techniques and technologies for the incorporation of wires, circuits, optical fibers, conductive yarns and sensors into woven fabrics to create intelligent textiles. Author: Paula Gould. |
 Nonwoven Protective Garments with Thermo-Regulating Properties - http://jit.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/2/93.pdf Technical paper about research aimed at improving the thermo-physiological wearing comfort of nonwoven protective garments by applying phase change materials (PCM) to the fabrics. Author: Barbara Pause. |
 Computational Clothing and Accessories - http://csis.pace.edu/~ctappert/dps/pdf/wearable-barfield.pdf Technical paper about the development of clothing and clothing accessories which act as stand-alone computers, able to process, store, retrieve and send information. Authors: Woodrow Barfield and others. |
 Fiber Computing - http://www.cellmatrix.com/entryway/products/pub/Cakmakci2001.pdf Technical paper describing a potential physical layer for wearable computing, defined by the fabrication of transistors onto fibers and their integration into textile fabrics. Authors: Ozan Cakmakci and others. |
 Challenges and Opportunities in Electronic Textiles Modeling and Optimization - http://www.dac.com/39th/39acceptedpapers.nsf/0/312409a61e1994ce87256b7b00790e53/$FILE/11_3.PDF Technical paper addressing the emerging field of research that combines the strengths and capabilities of electronic and textile technologies, and illustrates the challenges imposed by their modeling and optimization methodology. Authors: Diana Marculescu and others. |
 Clothing that Changes Colour to Match Your Mood - http://www.expresstextile.com/20030911/itintextiles01.shtml Short article about intelligent fibers, and interactive or smart textile technologies for biomedical and military applications, and their future use in fashion and clothing. From Express Textile. |
 Smart Clothing - http://ldt.stanford.edu/%7Ejeepark/jeepark%2Bportfolio/cs147hw8jeepark.html Assignment outline about the manufacture, structure, properties and applications of Georgia Tech University's "Wearable Motherboard" fabrics for commercial and military sensing and computing clothing and textiles. Author: Jee Park. |
 Ambient Intelligence Visions and Achievements: Linking Abstract Ideas to Real-World Concepts - http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/epicurus/publications/date03.pdf Article reflecting the issues discused at the Special Session on Ambient Intelligence Visions and Achievements, bringing together the European Union's view on information technology, specifically novel computing substrates based on electronic textiles. Authors: Menno Lindwer and others. |
 Wearable Computing Fundamentals - http://about.eyetap.org/fundamentals/ Technical paper about the history, development and fundamental principles of wearable computers. Author: Steve Mann. |
 "Smart'' Clothing - http://www.wearcam.org/smart_clothing/ Paper presenting a framework for interacting with external processes through the development of a utility for person-worn computing as an alternative to desktop and portable computers. Author: Steve Mann. |
 Smart Clothes: The MIT Wearable Computing Web Page - http://www.wearcam.org/computing.html/ Introduction and resource of technical information to the field of wearable computing, including links to related sites. |
 Organic Field Effect Transistors for Textile Applications - http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab3/paperpdf/IEEE_TITB_1.pdf Technical paper discussing the materials, structures, electronic models. and the mechanical contraints concerning the development of textiles endowed with electronic functions. Authors: Annalisa Bonfiglio and others. |
 The Basic Problems of Textronics - http://www.fibtex.lodz.pl/45_06_13.pdf Technical paper describing the technological difficulties of integrating textile science, electronics and computer science into the new interdisciplinary branch of science designated as textronics. Authors: Krzisztof Gniotek and Izabela Krucinska. |
 Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables: E-Textile Solutions - http://texmail.ca/002/files/003x8d00lq0g0cx3zp49/Sensing_fabrics.pdf Technical paper reporting on the experiences gathered during the past five years in the application and use of wearable systems for personal healthcare. Authors: M. Pacelli and others. |
 New Materials as Precursors for Smart Fibers, Textiles, Sheets and Structures - http://texmail.ca/002/files/002BrU053kb70Bt2BPC7/new-materials.pdf Short paper discussing the properties of novel smart polymer fibers and the complex textile structures created with them, as well as a review of smart properties in glass and ceramic materials. Author: Lubomiir Sodomka. |
 Electronics in Textiles: The Next Stage in Man Machine Interaction - http://crestserver.naist.jp/crest/workshop/2003/02Weber.pdf Technical paper presenting enabling technologies for the integration of electronics into textile fabrics for a largely improved interface between individuals and electronics. Authors: W. Weber and others. |
 Modeling, Analysis and Self-Management of Electronic Textiles - http://www.gigascale.org/pubs/416/T-Comp_Aug.03.pdf Technical paper presenting a detailed analysis of two techniques for adapting applications to the error prone electronic textile hardware substrate. Authors: Phillip Stanley-Marbell. |
 Printing Conductive Inks on Nonwovens: Challenges and Opportunities - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-12082006-130952/unrestricted/etd.pdf Doctor of Philosophy thesis presenting an investigation into using conductive inks for printing flexible circuit boards onto nonwoven substrates as a low cost alternative to rigid printed circuit boards (PCBs). Author: Burcak Karaguzel. |
 Smart Textiles in Vehicles: A Foresight - http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume3issue4/Articles/Langenhove/langenhove_full_76_03.pdf Technical paper describing the application possibilities of smart textiles in general, and in climate control and detection of reduced driver attention in automotive vehicles in particular. Authors: Lieva Van Langenhove and Carla Hertleer. |
 Interactive Electronic Textiles - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05212002-104138/unrestricted/etd.pdf Thesis presenting a study of technologies, applications, opportunities and market potentials of the emerging area of interactive electronic textiles. Author: Dina Meoli. |
 Interactive Electronic Textile Development - http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume2issue2/articles/meoli/meoli_full.pdf Technical paper examining the strengths and limitations of potential supporting technologies for the development of interactive electronic textiles. Authors: D. Meoli and T. May-Plumlee. |
 Potential Space Applications for Body-Centric Wireless and E-Textile Antennas - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070008109_2007006177.pdf Technical paper, exploring the possibilities of electronic textile materials for the development of antenna systems for use in space environments. Authors: T.F. Kennedy and others. |
 Conductive, Sensorial and Luminescent Features in Textile Structures - http://spring.bologna.enea.it/ifawc/2006/proceedings/IFAWC2006_20.pdf Review of the current state of techniques and actual developments in the field of conductive and computational textiles, and a discussion of their functional properties. Technical paper presented at the IFAW 2006. Authors: U. Meuhring. |
 Smart Textiles: Advances in Technology - http://www.ualberta.ca/~jag3/smart_textiles/ Classroom presentation of the principles, technology and applications of smart textiles, by Prof. Jose E. Gonzalez. |
 Fiber Bragg Sensor Interrogator Based Macrobending - http://ptee2007.tnw.tudelft.nl/Papers/Correia_paper.pdf Technical paper presenting a novel low-cost fiber based interrogator system for fiber optic Bragg sensors for strain measurement, tested in a textile platform designed for wearable devices. Authors: S.M.B. Correia and others. |
 Functional Fabric with Embedded Nanotube Actuators and Sensors - http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp03/M03-CL07s-A3.pdf Includes paper about a new seed-level project of the US National Textile Center, proposing the development of next-generation electronic textile fabrics utilizing single-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) composites. Project leader: Prof. Nader Jalili. |
 Printing Electronic Circuits onto Nonwoven Conformal Fabrics Using Conductive Inks and Intelligent Control - http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp06/F04-NS17-A6.pdf Research project of the National Textile Center (NTC), investigating the screen printing of transmission lines into a variety of nonwoven substrates using different condustive inks for durable and wearable electronic textile applications. |
 Micromachine Based Fabric Formation Systems - http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp98/f98-s12.pdf Technical paper describing a National Textile Center research project aimed at developing fundamentally new approaches for the processing of fibers into textile structures using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. |
 Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard - http://www.gtwm.gatech.edu/gtwm.html Description of the development, application and impact of a patented computing t-shirt for military uses, developed by the Georgia Tech University. |
 Smart Textiles - http://www.photonicslabs.com/Assets/downloads/smarttextiles.pdf Short description of a project within the framework of the Soldier Warrior Systems Technologies, with the aim to investigate and develop the methodology and manufacturing processes for integration of electrical and optical conductive networks, sensors and electronic devices into clothing, webbing or other textile based materials worn by soldiers. |
 E-Broidery: Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing - http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/pdffiles/e-broidery--design-and-fabrication-of-textile-based-computing.pdf?PDFPTOKEN=b76d1660ba3e532e796a57339ede1b5bb2d40485|1218920499#PDFP Technical paper describing the patterning of conductive textiles by numerically controlled sewing or weaving processes as a means of creating computationally active textiles. Authors: E.R. Post and others. |
 Electroactive Fabrics and Wearable Biomonitoring Devices - http://www.autexrj.org/No4-2003/0078.PDF Technical paper, discussing wearable textiles which can read and record the vital signs and movements of a subject wearing the garments, the sensing function of which is based on piezo-resistive fabric sensors, carbon loaded rubber, and different conductive materials. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: Danilo De Rossi and others. |
 Development of Polymeric Optical Fibre Fabrics - http://www.autexrj.org/No1-2003/0048.pdf Technical article about the development of textile fabrics for display and illumination applications, through the incorporation of polymeric optical fibers into woven structures. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: A. Harlin, M. Makinen and A. Vuorvirta. |
 Smart Textiles for Wearable Motion Capture Systems - http://www.autexrj.org/No6/0038.pdf Includes technical paper on wearable textiles which are able to read and record the posture and movements of a subject, created through the incorporation of fabric strain sensors into the weave of the fabric. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: A. Mazzoldi and others. |
 Technology Development for Building Flexible Silicon Functional Fibers - http://www.tu-cottbus.de/dc2wear/pdf/Flexible_Silicon_Functional_Fibres.pdf Technical paper about the incorporation of functional fibers into textile fabrics to create smart fabrics with computing power. Authors: Thomas Healy and others. |
 Electrical Characterization of Textile Transmission Lines - http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~cottet/publications/cottet2003.pdf Technical paper presenting the electrical characterization and modeling of conductive textiles for wearable computing. Authors: Didier Cottet and others. |
 A Design Research Program for Textiles and Computational Technology - http://www.math.chalmers.se/~lars/design_program.pdf Technical paper presenting a proposal for a new research program aimed at deepening our understanding of computational technology and textiles as design materials, and of the interplay between spatial and temporal form elements in design. Authors: L. Hallnas, L. Melin and J. Redstrom. |
 Intelligent Textiles, Soft Products - http://www.ivt.ntnu.no/ipd/docs/pd9_2003/Norstebo.pdf Technical paper providing an overview of material alternatives and properties available to designers of electronic textiles, and the advantages of incorporating electronic and interactive textiles in human clothing. Authors: André Norstebo. |
 The Information Curtain: Creating Digital Patterns with Dynamic Textiles - http://www.viktoria.se/fal/publications/play/2001/info-curtain.pdf Short article about the development of interactive curtains for display purposes, created with fibers which change color according to the amount of ultra-violet light it ia exposed to. Author: Linda Melin. |
 Intelligent Textiles - http://www.tut.fi/units/ms/teva/projects/intelligenttextiles/ Includes summary of the different types of electro-conductive textile fabrics and products, and descriptions of their characteristics and applications. Links to related sites. From the Tampere University of Technology. |
 Real-Time Visualization of Woven Textiles - http://www.miralab.unige.ch//repository/papers/179.pdf Technical paper presenting a new technique for visualizing woven textiles in real time by employing the multi-texturizing approach. Authors: N. Adabala and others. |
 Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables: E-Textile Solutions - http://www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/myheart/public/public_results_documents/documents/3rd%20IEEE%20EMBS%20ISSS-MDBS%202006%20CDROM%2001-2142.pdf Technical paper presenting an overview of the experience accumulated during the last years with implementing wearable systems for personalized health care and their evolution in time. Authors: M. Pacelli and others. |
 Clevertex. Part III - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/DELPHI%20REPORT%20Part%20I.pdf First part of a Delphi feasibility study for the development of the smart textile industry, describing the methodology, organization and results of a first round survey. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. |
 Clevertex. Part V - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/Scenario.pdf Scenario studies based on surveys aimed at analysing the European electronic textile industry, providing concrete examples of future potential applications of smart textiles. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. |
 Clevertex. Part IV - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/DELPHI%20REPORT%20Part%20II.pdf Second part of a Delphi feasibility study for the development of the smart textile industry, providing a statistical analysis of the results of the second survey and a review of key conclusions. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. |
 Clevertex. Part VI - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/Roadmap.pdf Detailed roadmap identifying the drivers and barriers of specific markets, and providing recommendations for the development of the smart textile industry in Europe. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. 88 Page report of 106 MB. |
 Electronic Textiles: The Next Stage in Man-Machine Interaction - http://crestserver.aist-nara.ac.jp/crest/workshop/2003/02Weber.pdf Technical paper presenting enabling technologies for the integration of electronics in textile fabrics, a packaging and interconnect technology, a chip for energy harvesting from body eat, an interwoven antenna concept, and a self-organizing network of electronic units. Authors: W. Weber and others. |
 Clevertex. Part II - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/socio%20eco.pdf Socio-economic study of the European clothing and textile industry, and an analysis of the social needs and trends which will influence the development of intelligent textiles. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. |
 Soft Computation through Conductive Textiles - http://www.xslabs.net/papers/iffti07-berzowska-AQ.pdf Technical paper outlining various methods for constructing electronic textiles and threads, as well as traditional textile construction methods as sewing, embroidery and appliqué with various conductive and active materials to create interactive fabrics. Authors: Joanna Berzowska and Marguerite Bromley. |
 Piezoresistive Sensors for Smart Textiles - http://www.tesumassd.org/faculty/calvert/papers/spieanimesh.pdf Technical paper presenting the results of an experiment of using an inkjet printing system to deposit silver conducting lines and small conducting polymer sensors, onto textile fabrics to form electronic textiles for the monitoring and measurement of body motions. Authors: Paul Calvert and others. |
 sEMG Measuring by Garments - http://www.nes2007.se/papers/A73_Sipila.pdf Technical paper, presenting recent developments of incorporating disposable metallic surface electromyography electrodes (sEMG) into garments for the monitoring and study of muscle activity. Authors: A. Sipila and others. |
 A Smart Suit for the Monitoring of Physiological Parameters - http://www.koalaresearch.net.au/PeursR.pdf Includes technical paper, describing the development of textile based garments for the monitoring of electrocardiagrams and respiration rates of children, containing sensors and interfaces, data handling and storage, transmission electronics and wireless powering. Authors: R. Puers and others. |
 A New Route Through Wearable Interfaces for Healthcare - http://www.biotex-eu.com/pdf/phealth07_wearableinterfaces.pdf Overview of ongoing European projects aimed at the development of textile based wearable interfaces for healthcare applications with integrated fabric sensors for physiological signals. Authors: Giannicola Loriga and others. |
 Reconfigurable Fabric: An Enabling Technology for Pervasive Medical Monitoring - http://www.utdallas.edu/~rjafari/publications/conf/cnds04_03.pdf Technical paper describing the Reconfigurable Fabric project at the University of California, LA, aimed at developing textile fabric in which computation, storage and communication are integrated in the weave structure. Authors: Fang-Chung Chen and others. |
 Intergrated Microelectronics for Smart Textiles - http://www.sti-innsbruck.at/fileadmin/documents/courses200607/ambient-intelligence/ami-report-19_Wachter_Integrated_Microelectronics_for_Smart_Textiles_-_PAPER.pdf Introduction to wearable electronic textile technology and its potential applications, and descriptions of conductive fibers and interconnect technologies. Author: Friedrich Gustav Wachter. |
 Smart Clothing: A New Life - http://www.iafnet.com/files/iaf_03_presentations/Smart%20Clothing-%20a%20new%20life.pdf Overview of recent publications about smart textiles, its applications and current state of development. Authors: Paul Kiekens and others. |
 White Paper on Smart Textiles - http://www.ohmatex.dk/pdfer/whitepaper_smart_textiles.pdf Overview of the state of the current situation in the smart textiles market, written for traditional textile companies and electronics industries. Published by Ohmatex ApS. |
 Strain-Sensing Fabrics for Wearable Kinaesthetic-Like Systems - ftp://www.piaggio.ccii.unipi.it/pub/papers/IEEE_sensor_journal_2003.pdf Technical paper presenting a description of the polymerization process used to realize strain sensors, the characterization of strain-sensing textile fabrics, and the thermal and mechanical transduction properties of strain sensors from electroactive polymeric materials. Authors: E.P. Scilingo and others. |
 Body Sensor Network based on Soft Polymer Sensors and Wireless Communications - http://www.academypublisher.com/jcm/vol02/no05/jcm02050106.pdf Technical paper presenting a comparison between established non-wearable systems and a novel prototype polymer fiber based wearable device for monitoring breathing freaquency in healthcare applications. Authors: Sarah Brady and others. |
 e-TAGs: E-Textile Attached Gadgets - http://crib.lehn.org:8080/~dlehn/projects/research/publications/CNDS-2004.pdf Technical paper describing the design and implementation issues involved in the development of electronic textile components, as well as the system architecture, connection techniques, communication alternatives, and experiences from the construction of a prototype wearable e-textile with multiple e-TAGs. Authors: David I. Lehn and others. |
 Light Emitting Textiles for Fashion and Health - http://www.intelligent-media.org/files/active/0/Smart_Wkshop_Report.pdf Workshop report exploring the functional and psychological requirements for, and the applications of light emitting and color changing materials in textiles, fashion, health and related research areas. |
 Clevertex. Part I - http://www.clevertex.net/Image/documents/State%20of%20the%20art.pdf Report on the state of the art of smart textiles in 2005, including descriptions of the materials, applications and prototypes existing at the time. Part of a preparatory study for an European Commission funded development program aimed at the electronic textile industry. |