Smart Textile

Introduction
• Smart Textiles are defined as textile products such as fibers and filaments, yarns together with woven, knitted
or non-woven structures, which can interact with the environment/user.
• Smart textiles convert stimuli from the environment (temperature, light, chemicals and moisture, pH) or
interactions (mechanical force and electromagnetic field) into responses in aesthetic (color, light intensity,
fluorescence, shape or form) or physical (mechanical, electrical, thermal, chemical, wetting or moisture
transport) properties

• Smart textiles are classified by obscuring or highlighting their textile and electronic attributes: Interaction with
the environment—

1. Passive smart textiles: only able to sense the environment/user

2. Active smart textiles: reactive sensing to stimuli from the environment, integrating an actuator function
and a sensing device;

3. Very smart textiles: able to sense, react and adapt their behavior to the given circumstances.
Sensors provide a nervous system to detect signals, thus in a passive smart material, the existence of
sensors is essential.
The actuators act upon the detected signal either autonomously or from a central control unit, together
with the sensors, they are the essential element for active smart materials.

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 Fabrication Techniques
• Conductive Fibers
• Treated Conductive Fibers
Instead of attaching electronics to textile substrates, the yarns of the textile can be
functionalized with electronics. Electrically conductive fibers can also be produced by
coating the fibers with metals. Coatings can be applied to the surface of fibers, yarns,
or even fabrics to create electrically conductive textiles.

• Conductive Fabrics

The Musical Ball is a stuffed toy that allows users to play

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Conductive inks
• Interactive electronic textiles can also be produced by using conductive inks. First of all
conductive inks must contain an appropriate highly conductive metal precursor such as Ag, Cu,
and Au NPs and a carrier vehicle. Most of them are water based: water is the main ink component
and to limit contaminants, it must be as pure as possible. These specialized inks can be printed
onto various materials, among them textiles, to create electrically active patterns. Screen printing
also makes integration with planar electronics simpler than with conductive yarn systems.
 Vibrating Yoga Pants Nadi X Claims To Help
Improve Asana
The Nadi X leggings have five sensors
embedded into the fabric which is
connected via Bluetooth to a
smartphone app to determine the yoga
position the person is in. It work based
on a ‘custom developed language’
which communicates with the skin.
tiny electronic sensors are woven into
the pants near the hips, knees, and
ankles which send out gentle pulses
when the person is doing incorrect
yoga asana or when the body is
wrongly aligned.

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• The pants work with a companion iPhone app (with 30 poses and playlists to accompany them) and a
battery, called the “Pulse”, which people have to clip behind the upper left knee in order to power the
sensations in the pants. The frequency and intensity of each vibration rhythm encourage how to orient
the body in each pose.
HUG-SHIRT
The Hug Shirt™ connects Bluetooth to your
phone thanks to the HugShirt App
and records a hug like you would record a
movie, it then delivers the hug data over the
network to your friend’s phone and it is
immediately transmitted via Bluetooth to
their Hug Shirt™! You can also hug your
friends in real-time all over the world, if
you all have the HugShirt App open at the
same time, even multiple friends at the same
time!

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 The Sound Shirt

• “a haptic wearable device that allows deaf users to feel music on their skin.”

THE SOUNDSHIRT BRINGS MEDIA TO LIFE IN A TRULY

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 Mercury intelligent heated jacket

Mercury garments are voice controlled, built

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 •Voice-controlled: Naturally activate the jacket with your voice
through a smart assistant like Amazon Alexa.
•Intelligent heat: Our jacket’s built-in heaters are nearly
weightless; when not in use, you won't even notice them.
Durable and everything-proof: Built to provide protection
from the elements, Mercury is ready to repel wind, snow, water,
and odors — whatever your adventures throw at you.
•Beautiful & functional: Mercury is designed to look great
across activities and lifestyles, from the city to the mountains.
Multiple pockets, wireless phone charging, a removable hood,
and durable construction complete the jacket.
•Ready to go: Mercury is pre-trained, automatically turning on
when it senses motion or external temperature drops.

It uses thin carbon fibre pads to heat the jacket, and has sensors to detect the outside temperature, the user's body temperature
and how much the wearer is moving to then calculate the optimum temperature of the garment.

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COMMUTER X JACQUARD BY GOOGLE TRUCKER JACKET

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