Smart fabrics are fabrics that can change or react automatically to their surroundings through the integration of electronics like sensors, microprocessors and actuators. Some examples include smart fabric heaters that heat on demand when pressure is applied, wireless fabric keyboards and wearable electronic textiles that can control devices. Smart fabrics allow for applications in health monitoring, military gear, interactive fashion and more. Researchers are working to develop smart fabrics that can keep the wearer warm or cool, dry, moisturized and protected from bacteria, odour and stains.

1. By
Radhika
DCS-07

2. Contents
• Smart Fabrics
• Smart Fabrics in Electronics
• Smart Fabric heater
• Wireless Fabric Keyboard
• Wearable Electronic Textiles
• Sun Protective Clothing
• PressureSensors
• SmartShirtArchitecture
• Computersdevelopment
• Computercomfort
• Intelligenttextiles
• Characteristics of Smart Fibers
• Futuristic Fashions
• Merits and Demerits of Smart Fabric

3.  Smart fabric is a phenomenon that entails merging computer
components seamlessly into ordinary clothing.
 manufacturers use various conductive textiles, data and
power distribution as well as sensing circuitry.
There are various techniques used to build circuits from
commercially available fabrics, yarns, fasteners and components.
Smart fabrics are fabrics that can change or react automatically
to their surroundings.
These response could be thermal, chemical, mechanical, electric,
magnetic or from other source.
Smart fabrics are being developed by scientist not only keep you
warm but also cool, dry, moisturised and free of bacteria, odour
and stains while measuring your heart rate.
These components may range from microcontrollers to sensors
and actuators.
Smart Fabrics

4. Artificial Horizon.
 Direction Finding Low Radar Cross Section Antenna
systems.
Smart Fabrics in Electronics
Collapsible Impulse Radiating Antenna.

5. Smart Fabric heater
works on demand - heating is activated under pressure

6. Wireless Fabric Keyboard
• The Wireless Fabric Keyboard provides a 63-key QWERTY layout
and has a footprint of 306mm.
• The only control is a power on/off button.
• First we have to press quite hard on the slightly raised 'keys' to
get a result, which is signalled by an audible click.
• battery life -10 hours.

7. Wearable Electronic Textiles
 Wearable electronic textiles are often controlled by soft
switches which are sewn into products using printing, coating
and embroidery.
 Switches are washable and durable.
 It will eventually be incorporated into interior textiles to
control lighting, appliances, TVs and stereos.
 They can be used to dial telephones, pager messages and
control music from MP3 players.

8. Music jacket

9. Sun Protective Clothing
 Sun protective
clothing is clothing specifically
designed for sun protection and is
produced from a fabric rated for its
level of ultraviolet (UV) protection.
 This technique is often used as
swimwear for children.
 some textiles and fabrics employed
in the use of sun protective clothing
may be pre-treated with UV
inhibiting ingredients during
manufacture to enhance their UV
blocking capacity.
 Some hats and umbrellas,
particularly for children may also use
this technique.

10. Pressure Sensors
A pressure sensor measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids
 Pressure is an expression of the force required to stop a fluid from
expanding, and is usually stated in terms of force per unit area
Pressure sensors are used for control and monitoring in thousands
of everyday applications.
 Pressure sensors can also be used to indirectly measure other
variables such as fluid/gas flow, speed, water level, and altitude.
Pressure sensors can vary drastically in technology, design,
performance, application suitability and cost.

11. Smart Shirt Architecture
 Electronic devices
 Heart rate
 Breathing
 Body temperature
 Electrocardiogram
 Voice
Weave with optical
fibers net

12. Computers development
Past times
Today reality

13. Computer comfort
Hard computers
 hard
 stiff
 thick
Textile computers
soft
flexible
thin

14. Intelligent textiles
 Sensitive to external
fields (ph, radiation,
electric, magnetic,
mechanical fields). PASIVE
 Changing properties
(usually form) as
response to external field changes
ACTIVE
electrochromic
photochromic

15. Characteristics of Smart Fibers
Light
Durable
Washable
Versatile
Blend with human tissue
Communicate,Locate and Monitor

16. Light
 thus portable
 Soft
 Upto 0.6mm thick
 Powered by
 Parent device
 Mobile technology cells
 Luminous fibres
 Human muscle movt
 Flexible
 Some are 100% fabric
 No wires/lumps
 ’foldable’, ’creasable’

17. Durable
 Can be crumpled /compressed (driven over)
 Pierce resistant
 Water proof
 Can handle extreme conditions

18. Washable
 Dry cleanable
 Applicable in various garments
 Nylon
 Denim
 Wool
 Silicon
 Cotton
 Polyester
 Plastics

19. Versatile
 Enables the creation of touchpads
 with any number of controls
 In any layout
 Supports gesture controls
 & Scroll functions
 Lit fabrics
 256 spectrum of colors

20. Blend with human tissue
 BCI(Brain Computer Interface)
 A brain–computer interface (BCI), often called a mind-
machine interface (MMI)
 BCIs are often directed at assisting, augmenting, or
repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions.

21. Communicate, Locate & Monitor
 Army, Police, disaster response units
 Communication systems
 GPS systems
 Monitoring systems
 Exoskeleton
 Giving more stability
 Increase power by 25 – 35%
 Carry wounded soldier
 Platform for more/heavier weapons
 Enhanced armours
 Lighter
 stronger

22. Futuristic fashions
 Clothing
 Carnivore
 Concerts
 Personal accessories
 Purses
 Bags...
 Furniture
 Loose covers
 Security & emergency
 Rd construction
 Police, fire brigaders, paramedics...

23. Merits of smart fabrics
 Integratable with fabric/human body
 Cotton, Polyester, Nylon, etc
 Washable
 BCIs & Exoskeletons
 Color change
 Set to display the 256 spectrum
 Seeable from a distant
 Police & emergency services
 Construction

24. Tracking/communication systems
 Army, police etc
 wildlife
 Monitoring systems
 Army
 Patients
 Space explorers & tourists
 Wildlife

25. Demerits of Smart Fabrics
 Some of the demerits are as follows
 Charged & recharged
 Bulky
 yet to be commercially realised
 Need a battery pack
 Expensive
 BCI