SMART FABRICS

SUBMITTED BY
ANANDHU KRISHNA.V.S
S5 CT
ROLL NO : 9
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMART AND INTELLIGENT
FABRICS
TYPES OF SMART FABRICS
WORKING OF SMART FABRICS
SOME INNOVATIVE SMART FABRICS
MERITS OF SMART FABRICS
DEMERITS OF SMART FABRICS
REFERENCES
TRADITIONAL
INTELLIGENT
FABRICS
FABRICS
 E-TEXTILES
Also known as smart garments , smart clothing or
electronic textiles are fabrics that enable digital
components such as a battery and a light (including
small computers),and electronics to be embedded in
them.

E-textiles are further divided into two groups:

 Smart fabrics
 Intelligent Fabrics
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMART AND
INTELLIGENT TEXTILES
SMART FABRICS
The Fabrics which have sense or can sense the
environmental conditions or stimuli

INTELLIGENT FABRICS
The fabrics which not only can sense but also can react
and respond to environmental conditions or stimuli
These stimuli and response can be thermal , mechanical ,
chemical , magnetic , electric or from other sources
TYPE OF SMART FABRICS
Smart textiles can be broken into two different categories:
 Aesthetic
 Performance enhancing

Aesthetic Textiles are fabrics that light up and fabrics that

can change colour .
Performance enhancing smart textiles are intended for use
in athletic , extreme sports and military applications. These
include fabrics designed to regulate body temperature,
reduce wind resistance , and control muscle viberations-all
of which may improve athletic performance.
WORKING OF SMART FABRICS
Busses , microcontrolers, keyboards and touch pads are
embedded with smart fabrics.
The micro controller is directly connected
to the fabrics.
The keypad shown here has been produced
using ordinary embroidery techniques and mildlyconductive
thread.
The key is flexible , durable and responsive to touch.
A printed circuit board supports the necessary to do
capacitive sensing and output key press events as a serial data
stream.
APPLICATIONS
Temperature sensitive fabrics
 These fabrics are act according to the temperature body
Health monitoring fabrics
 These fabrics helps to monitor the health
Fashion and Entertainment
 These fabrics are club wears that reacts to movement, heat and
light
Transporting and Automotive Use
Military Use
 Need for the protection and survivability of the forces working
in extreme environmental conditions
SOME INNOVATIVE SMART FABRICS

T shirtOS
THE SOUND SHIRT
MUSICAL JACKET
WI-FI DETECTOR
T shirtOS
T shirtOS is the worlds first wearable , sharable
,programmabl t-shirt, that can programmed by an iOS
app to show images and texts,play music ,take photos
and share them with everybody.
Easy to use ,the tshirtOS features thousands of full
colour pixels arranged in a soft wearable grid, it is
controlled using an App on your mobile phone.
T shirtOS includes a built-in-micro-camera ,
microphone, accelerometer and speakers
THE SOUND SHIRT
The sound shirt allows a person to feel music on their
skin
The soundshirt features 16 micro actuators embedded
in the fabric of the garment, these actuators receive
wirelessly and in real-time the music, transformed in
data
WI-FI DECTECTOR
There’s no need to crack open your laptop or walk
around waving your PDA about to find out if there’s a
WiFi signal
The Wi-Fi Dectectot T-shirt displays the current WiFi
signal strength in your surroundings.
Glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically
changes as the WiFi signal strength fluctuates.
MERITS OF SMART FABRICS
Light weight
Durable
Washable
Integratable with human body
Pierce resistant
Usable in security authentication
DEMERITS OF SMART FABRICS
Need to be charged
Bulky
Expensive