MIT Bio Robotics Research Laboratory
- USA. Laboratory for fundamental and applied research into wearable sensoring and monitoring systems for healthcare applications. Development of conductive textile fiber based goniometers for the measurement of body movements.
- http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/node/28

Smart Wear Lab
- Finland. Special research unit of the Tampere University of Technology, focusing on research, innovation and commercialization of interactive textiles and smartwear. List of current projects. On-line publications. Links to related sites.
- http://www.tut.fi/public/index.cfm?mainsel=14824&sel=15268&show=21021&siteid=53

Intelligent Media Initiative
- UK. Partnership between University College London, Imperial College, University of the Arts London and King's College London aiming to bring together London's top creative, scientific and technological expertise from academia and industry to create multi-
- http://www.intelligent-media.org/

E-Textile Research Group
- USA. Electronic textiles research and development laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Virginia Tech University.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles/

FiCom Project
- European Union funded development project within the Disappearing Computer Initiative, aiming to integrate computing ability into fibers to create flexible and functional interactive textiles.
- http://www.disappearing-computer.net/projects/FICOM.html

EOLAB Innovative Devices & Materials
- Italy. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari, involved in a feasibility study of yarns and fabric with annexed electronic functions (ARIANNE) sponsored by the European Commission. Library of technical papers on
- http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab3/

Wearable Electronic and Smart Textiles Interest Group
- Joint initiative of industry and academia supported by the Heriot-Watt University, Inneurotex and the TechniTex Faraday Partnership, providing information, news, events, downloads, opportunities on smart textiles.
- http://www.smartextiles.info/

ProeTEX Project
- European Union funded project to improve the safety and efficiency of emergency workers by empowering them with wearable sensing and transmission systems that monitor their health, activity, position and environment. Links to related projects and partner
- http://www.proetex.org/

Biotex
- European Commission sponsored research project, focusing on the development of biochemical sensing techniques compatible with integration into textile fabrics and products. List of partners. Links to related sites.
- http://www.biotex-eu.com/

Arianne Project
- Collaborative feasibility study and project of industry and academia, aiming to develop knitting and weaving yarns endowed with electronic functions, and the development of fabrics made-up with such yarns.
- http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab/arianne/

Multiweave
- Two year running European Commission funded project aimed at designing and developing a multiaxial weaving machine, and the subsequent design, develpment and production of multiaxial fabrics for apparel and high-performance technical applications. Links t
- http://www.tecminho.uminho.pt/multiweave/

Architectural Fabric Structures
- On-going research project of NTC Research, aimed at developing an understanding of the mechanical behavior of nonlinear anisotropic fabrics under tension and create a spatial vocabulary and grammar for architectural structures.
- http://fibers.philau.edu/ntc/f00p01/

Biteam AB
- Sweden. Research, development and commercialisation of three-dimensional weaving technologies for high-performance technical applications in composites reinforcement, ballistic protection and medical implants. Extensive technical information. Technology b
- http://www.biteam.com/

LTI. Lithuanian Textile Institute
- Institute for research, development and applied science in materials and technologies for the Lithuanian technical textile fabrics, and military and civilian protective clothing industries. English and Lithuanian.
- http://www.lti.lt/

Indian Institute of Technology
- India. Research and development of smart textile technology at the Department of Textile Technology.
- http://www.iitd.ac.in/textile/

tBU GmbH
- Germany. Münster University of Applied Science affiliated institute for technical research and certification in technical textiles, geosynthetics, building conservation and materials testing. Testing and development of geosynthetics and technical textile
- http://www.tbu-gmbh.de/

ITSAPT. Intelligent Textile Structures-Application, Production and Testing
- European Community supported development project, founded to create, coordinate and develop national and international networks of experts and research institutes involved with the design, production, testing and application of smart textiles. List of ong
- http://centrum.vslib.cz/centrum/itsapt/index.html

Bristol Wearable Computing Project
- UK. Joint project of the Computer Science Department of the University of Bristol and the Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, concentrating on the development of programs and hardware which use context sensing to enable media and information to be deli
- http://wearables.cs.bris.ac.uk/

Protective Clothing Research Group
- Canada. University of Alberta's Human Ecology Department research facility, involved the development of dynamic models of heat and moisture transfer in high heat flux environments, and to address simultaneously the conflicting phenomena of protection and
- http://www.hecol.ualberta.ca/PCERF/

PROTECT. The Program for Technical Textiles
- Pan-European cooperative venture of textile universities, providing an in-depth study, and educational and training programs and methods for industrial and technical textiles throughout the European Union.
- http://www.textiles.umist.ac.uk/Research/protect/protect.htm

Venture Development Corp
- USA. Independent technology market research and consulting firm, specializing in industrial and information technology, electronics and communication. Research and development of smart fabrics, interactive textiles and wearable clothing based computers.
- http://www.vdc-corp.com/

University of Wales
- UK. Research group for smart clothes and wearable technology in the School of Art, Media and Design.
- http://artschool.newport.ac.uk/smartclothes/

TechniTex Faraday Partnership
- UK. Government funded initiative of the Heriot-Watt University, the University of Leeds, UMIST and the British Textile Technology Group, involved in research, design and development of new technologies and applications for technical textiles.
- http://www.technitex.org/

Moratex. The Institute of Technical Textiles
- Poland. Government institute dedicated to research, development and production of bullitproof textile products and automotive protection systems, and fire-retardent clothing.
- http://www.moratex.lodz.pl/

IfE. Electronics Laboratory
- Switzerland. Electronics laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, active in packaging, electronics, computing technologies and opto-electronics. Research into wearable computing and electronic textiles.
- http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/

Grado Zero Espace Srl
- Italy. Commercial company, conducting contract research and development on electronic textiles, wearable computing, and multi-functional garments. Technology descriptions and extensive technical information. English and Italian.
- http://www.gzespace.com/

ESTAT-Garments
- European development project performed by a consortium consisting of private industry and knowledge institutes, founded to create a basis for the qualification of the effectiveness of clothing used for the safe handling of electrostatic discharge (ESD) se
- http://www.vtt.fi//virtual/estat/

Eminent
- European Union funded project created to form a bridge between small and medium sized enterprises in the field of micro and nano technologies and the European Commission, and is active in the automotive, medical, energy and life sciences, information tech
- http://www.eminent.ivam.de/

CTT. Centre for Technical Textiles
- UK. Center for fundamental and applied research, and technology dissimination, transfer and application in all fields of the science and engineering of technical textiles. Based in the University of Leeds.
- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/textiles/CTT/CTT.html

Configurable Computing Lab
- USA. Virginia Technical University's laboratory focusing on devices, architectures, applications and programming issues for configurable computing. Research and development of computational textile fabrics.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/

Competence Network Biomimetics
- Germany. Joint development network of various German universities and technology institutes, focused on technical textiles, and smart and gradient materials. English, German and French.
- http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/biomimetik/english/e_shorttextiles.htm