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The smart textile arena is characterized by application referring to real smart textiles, high performance textiles and wearable technologies. The aim of this project is to investigate how this new smart textile arena can be the playground for developing a new set of wearables that address the question of integrity and to introduce a new level of integration of smart textile in R&D and education.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Safety Layer

The aim with our first layer is that it should function as a regular first layer but with the life saving function by heating the body in emergency conditions.

If an accident occurs it is hard to keep the heat inside the body. The conductive yarns knitted in the pattern will be heated when electricity runs through them. In addition, if an injury occurs, our first layer will be able to sense whenever the body temperature drops under the safety range and it will start releasing heat to the body automatically.