1. The integration of smart textiles enabling a non- invasive approach in monitoring the user’s vitals and activities Prof. Lieva Van Langenhove Department of textiles

2. Components Sensors and actuators Communication devices Energy supply Data processing Connections and interconnections  Miniaturisation, packaging, integration, transformation into textiles  Concepts and electro/photo active materials

3. Why textiles? All around Versatile Light weight Large contact area with body Comfortable Easy to use

4. Electro conductive textiles Stainless steel Kevlar coated with KnittedWovennon woven polypyrrol copper gold

5. Effects from nano to macro

6. Conductive knitted textiles as sensor TextrodesRespibelt

7. EMG monitoring Myography for stress measurement Contactless Professional use EMG sensors embroidered laminated (www.context-project.org)

8. Pressure sensors Double layer fabric: No contact contact Quantum tunneling effect

9. Any mechanism that changes conductivity is exploitable for sensors Carbon nanotubes for conductivity Fibre expansion changes conductivity: Extension Heating Humidity Chemicals (E. Devaux ENSAIT)

10. Humidity control Sensors: www.Biotex-eu.com Absorption: Thermoresponsive gels Supporting design

11. Optical sensor Signal A’ Smart interface Signal B Textile fibre Sensor/ Processing unit Signal A filter

12. Smart interface: active dyes skin pH days Skin pH-variation after burn wound L. Van der Schueren, K. De Clerck

13. Communication Within components Between components in a suit ‣ Conductive fibres ‣ Optical fibres With the wearer: keyboard, display Wide environment: Inductive (embroidery) Antenna (printing)

14. Data processing: Motherboard

15. Fibre transistor Conductive core: gate Insulating coating Semiconductor coating Electrode: source Electrode: drain Semiconductor Source Insulator Gate Drain OFET: organic field effect transistor

16. Coating: from dip to padding

17. OFET textile integration Weaving structure Right patterns Right contacts No falso contacts Stable contacts 100µm Gate source drain

18. PEDOT based battery

19. Printed battery: results

20. Energy from light: PV Solar bags www.dephotex.com

21. Energy from motion: piezo electrics Deformation leads to E field Needs large surface, no thickness PVDF Challenges: Materials Concepts Production (poling) Electrode Piezo electric layer Electrode

22. Smart textile research Based on (semi)conductive materials and structures Smart dyes Conceptual design Modelling and simulation Manufacturing Testing

23. Inner garment

24. Outer garment Accelerometers GPS Antenna Textile Antenna Flexible Battery External Temperature Alarm Data Recording Processing Transmission

25. Victim patch Parameter Heart beat rate Respiratory rate Body Temperature Cfr. inner garment

26. Key issues Comfort Working conditions – relevant parameters Effective alarm generation System maintenance Ease of use Weight Cost Robustness Energy constraints Long range transmission

27. Monitoring Centre

28. Accelerometers GPS Antenna Textile Antenna Flexible Battery External Temperature Alarm Data Recording Processing Transmission 150€ 25€ >600€ 1500€ www.cutecircuit.com www.proetex.org

29. www..eu Coordination action for enhancing the breakthrough of intelligent textile systems (e-textiles and wearable Microsystems) www..eu COLAE: Commercialisation Clusters of OLAE