Textiles Gain Intelligence
- Feature article from the Materials Today magazine about developing techniques and technologies for the incorperation of wires, circuits, optical fibers, conductive yarns and sensors into woven fabrics to create intelligent textiles. Author: Paula Gould.
- http://www.wearable.ethz.ch/fileadmin/press/materialstoday_gould03.pdf

Electronic Textiles: A Platform for Pervasive Computing
- Extensive technical article presenting an overview of current efforts and challenges in the development of electronic textiles, and a discussion about possible venues and opportunities for future research. Authors: Werner Weber and others.
- http://ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles/publications/ProcIEEE_2003_etextiles.pdf

Ambient Intelligence Visions and Achievements: Linking Abstract Ideas to Real-World Concepts
- Article reflecting the issues discused at the Special Session on Ambient Intelligence Visions and Achievements, bringing together the European Union's view on information technology, specifically novel computing substrates based on electronic textiles. Au
- http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/epicurus/publications/date03.pdf

Conductive, Sensorial and Luminescent Features in Textile Structures
- Review of the current state of techniques and actual developments in the field of conductive and computational textiles, and a discussion of their functional properties. Technical paper presented at the IFAW 2006. Authors: U. Meuhring.
- http://spring.bologna.enea.it/ifawc/2006/proceedings/IFAWC2006_20.pdf

Smart Textiles in Vehicles: A Foresight
- Technical paper describing the application possibilities of smart textiles in general, and in climate control and detection of reduced driver attention in automotive vehicles in particular. Authors: Lieva Van Langenhove and Carla Hertleer.
- http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume3issue4/Articles/Langenhove/langenhove_full_76_03.pdf

Wearable Conductive Fiber Sensors for Multi-Axis Human Joint Angle Measurements
- Technical paper, describing the development of a wearable human joint motion sensor for continuous, day to day monitoring in medical and rehabilitation applications. Authors: Peter T. Gibbs and H. Harry Asada.
- http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/files/Web-Posting-Goneometer-Peter-Gibbs-All-Final-2-05.pdf

Smart Clothes: The MIT Wearable Computing Web Page
- Introduction and extensive resource of technical information to the field of wearable computing, including links to related sites.
- http://www.wearcam.org/computing.html/

Smart Clothing
- Assignment outline about the manufacture, structure, properties and applications of Georgia Tech University's "Wearable Motherboard" fabrics for commercial and military sensing and computing clothing and textiles. Author: Jee Park.
- http://ldt.stanford.edu/%7Ejeepark/jeepark%2Bportfolio/cs147hw8jeepark.html

White Paper on Smart Textiles
- Overview of the state of the current situation in the smart textiles market, written for traditional textile companies and electronics industries. Published by Ohmatex ApS.
- http://www.ohmatex.dk/pdfer/whitepaper_smart_textiles.pdf

Light Emitting Textiles for Fashion and Health
- Workshop report exploring the functional and psychological requirements for, and the applications of light emitting and color changing materials in textiles, fashion, health and related research areas.
- http://www.intelligent-media.org/files/active/0/Smart_Wkshop_Report.pdf

Sensing Fabrics for Monitoring Physiological and Biomechanical Variables: E-Textile Solutions
- Technical paper reporting on the experiences gathered during the past five years in the application and use of wearable systems for personal healthcare. Authors: M. Pacelli and others.
- http://texmail.ca/002/files/003x8d00lq0g0cx3zp49/Sensing_fabrics.pdf

Organic Field Effect Transistors for Textile Applications
- Technical paper discussing the materials, structures, electronic models. and the mechanical contraints concerning the development of textiles endowed with electronic functions. Authors: Annalisa Bonfiglio and others.
- http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab3/paperpdf/IEEE_TITB_1.pdf

E-Broidery: Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing
- Technical paper about the development of electronic embroidery as a eans od creating durable, flexible and washable computationally active textiles. TXT document. Authors: E.R. Post and others.
- http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part3/post.txt

New Materials as Precursors for Smart Fibers, Textiles, Sheets and Structures
- Short paper discussing the properties of novel smart polymer fibers and the complex textile structures created with them, as well as a review of smart properties in glass and ceramic materials. Author: Lubomiir Sodomka.
- http://texmail.ca/002/files/002BrU053kb70Bt2BPC7/new-materials.pdf

Technology Development for Building Flexible Silicon Functional Fibers
- Technical paper about the incorporation of functional fibers into textile fabrics to create smart fabrics with computing power. Authors: Thomas Healy and others.
- http://www.tu-cottbus.de/dc2wear/pdf/Flexible_Silicon_Functional_Fibres.pdf

Design and Fabrication of Textile-Based Computing
- Feature paper, describing the development of electronic patterning of conductive textiles by numerically controlled sewing or weaving processes as a means of creating computationally active textiles. Authors: E.R. Post and others.
- http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/sj/393/part3/post.html

Wearable Computing Fundamentals
- Technical paper about the history, development and fundamental principles of wearable computers. Author: Steve Mann.
- http://about.eyetap.org/fundamentals/

Wearable Computing Meets Ubiquitous Computing
- Technical paper describing the fundamental difficulties in both the pure ubiquitous computing and pure wearable computing paradigms when applied to context-aware applications, and a proposal for the solution of such. From The Proceedings of The Third Inte
- http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~rhodes/Papers/wearhive.html

Micromachine Based Fabric Formation Systems
- Technical paper describing a National Textile Center research project aimed at developing fundamentally new approaches for the processing of fibers into textile structures using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology.
- http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp98/f98-s12.pdf

Electrical Characterization of Textile Transmission Lines
- Technical paper presenting the electrical characterization and modeling of conductive textiles for wearable computing. Authors: Didier Cottet and others.
- http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~cottet/publications/cottet2003.pdf

A Design Research Program for Textiles and Computational Technology
- Technical paper presenting a proposal for a new research program aimed at deepening our understanding of computational technology and textiles as design materials, and of the interplay between spatial and temporal form elements in design. Authors: L. Hall
- http://www.math.chalmers.se/~lars/design_program.pdf

Modeling of Power Consumption and Fault Tolerance for Electronic Textiles
- Master of Science thesis focused on research aimed at creating simulation models for power consumption and fault behaviour of electronic textile applications, and presenting simulation results of the performance of an acoustic beamforming textile in the p
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10162003-005726/unrestricted/tsheikh_2003_thesis.pdf

Computational Clothing and Accessories
- Technical paper about the development of clothing and clothing accessories which act as stand-alone computers, able to process, store, retrieve and send information. Authors: Woodrow Barfield and others.
- http://csis.pace.edu/~ctappert/dps/pdf/wearable-barfield.pdf

Electronic Textiles for Motion Analysis
- Master of Science thesis presenting the design of a simulation environment for wearable electronic textile systems for medical purposes, and demonstrating the use of the simulation via a prototype pair of e-textile pants. Author: Joshua N. Edmison.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05282004-163029/unrestricted/etd_final_C.pdf

Electronic Textiles for Autonomous Location Awareness
- Master of Science thesis describing an autonomous, wearable electronic textile location awareness system able to determine a user's location within a building. Author: Madhup Chandra.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142004-193827/unrestricted/mchandra_thesis.pdf

Design of E-Textiles for Acoustic Applications
- Master of Science thesis focusing on the design of electronic textiles for acoustic signal processing applications, and presenting the design process and performance analysis of a large-scale beamforming fabric and a speech processing vest. Author: Ravi R
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10292003-122518/unrestricted/thesis.pdf

Challenges and Opportunities in Electronic Textiles Modeling and Optimization
- Technical paper addressing the emerging field of research that combines the strengths and capabilities of electronic and textile technologies, and illustrates the challenges imposed by their modeling and optimization methodology. Authors: Diana Marculescu
- http://www.dac.com/39th/39acceptedpapers.nsf/0/312409a61e1994ce87256b7b00790e53/$FILE/11_3.PDF

Architectures for E-Textiles
- Doctor of Philosophy dissertation focusing on defining the architecture and networking scheme of electronic textiles, the creation of a simulation environment, and the implementation of hardware prototypes. Author: Zahi S. Nakad.
- http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232003-113641/unrestricted/Dissertation.pdf

Towards a Design Framework for Wearable Electronic Textiles
- Technical paper presenting a design framework for wearable electronic textiles, focusing on design and simulation issues that arise from the interaction of the electronic textile, the human body, and the environment. Authors: Thomas Martin and others.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/martin_2003_ISWC03_etextile_design.pdf

Smart Textiles: Advances in Technology
- Classroom presentation of the principles, technology and applications of smart textiles, by Prof. Jose E. Gonzalez.
- http://www.ualberta.ca/~jag3/smart_textiles/

Modeling and Simulating Electronic Textile Applications
- Technical paper about the development of a simulation environment for electronic textiles, enabling the modelling of a diverse range of areas related to the design of e-textiles. Authors: Thomas Martin and others.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/jones_2004_LCTES04_modeling.pdf

Functional Fabric with Embedded Nanotube Actuators and Sensors
- Extensive paper about a new seed-level project of the US National Textile Center, proposing the development of next-generation electronic textile fabrics utilizing single-walled carbon nanotube (CNT) composites. Project leader: Prof. Nader Jalili.
- http://www.ntcresearch.org/pdf-rpts/AnRp03/M03-CL07s-A3.pdf

The Information Curtain: Creating Digital Patterns with Dynamic Textiles
- Short article about the development of interactive curtains for display purposes, created with fibers which change color according to the amount of ultra-violet light it ia exposed to. Author: Linda Melin.
- http://www.viktoria.se/fal/publications/play/2001/info-curtain.pdf

An E-Textile System for Motion Analysis
- Technical paper about electronic textiles as home health care devices which integrate into the wearer's everyday lifestyle, presenting an inexpensive design approach usable with elderly people. Authors: Josh Edmison and others.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/edmison_2003_NGWSH03_etextile.pdf

Communications in Electronic Textile Systems
- Technical paper about the communication requirements between the computing and sensing elements of e-textiles, and a presentation of a new algorithm based on token grid systems. Authors: Z. Nakad and others.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/nakad_2003_CIC03_paper.pdf

Analysing the Use of E-Textiles to Improve Application Performance
- Technical paper presenting a methodology based on simulation and physical experimentation for quantifying energy consumption and hardware cost savings of e-textiles. Authors: Mark Jones and others.
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/jones_2003_VTC03_paper.pdf

Using Piezoelectric Materials for Wearable Electronic Textiles
- Technical paper describing the desirable characteristics of piezoelectric materials for wearable e-textiles, including shape sensing, sound detection and sound emission, and a description of a prototype of a glove for user input. Authors: J. Edmison and o
- http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/papers/edmison_2002_ISWC2002_piezoelectric.pdf

Nonwoven Protective Garments with Thermo-Regulating Properties
- Technical paper about research aimed at improving the thermo-physiological wearing comfort of nonwoven protective garments by applying phase change materials (PCM) to the fabrics. Author: Barbara Pause.
- http://jit.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/33/2/93.pdf

Georgia Tech Wearable Motherboard
- Description of the development, application and impact of a patented computing t-shirt for military uses, developed by the Georgia Tech University.
- http://www.gtwm.gatech.edu/gtwm.html

Fiber Computing
- Technical paper decribing a potential physical layer for wearable computing, defined by the fabrication of transistors onto fibers and their integration into textile fabrics. Authors: Ozan Cakmakci and others.
- http://www.cellmatrix.com/entryway/products/pub/Cakmakci2001.pdf

Modeling, Analysis and Self-Management of Electronic Textiles
- Technical paper presenting a detailed analysis of two techniques for adapting applications to the error prone electronic textile hardware substrate. Authors: Phillip Stanley-Marbell.
- http://www.gigascale.org/pubs/416/T-Comp_Aug.03.pdf

Electronic Textiles: The Next Stage in Man-Machine Interaction
- Technical paper presenting enabling technologies for the integration of electronics in textile fabrics, a packaging and interconnect technology, a chip for energy harvesting from body eat, an interwoven antenna concept, and a self-organizing network of el
- http://crestserver.aist-nara.ac.jp/crest/workshop/2003/02Weber.pdf

PadNET: Wearable Physical Activity Detection Network
- Technical paper describing a low power, distributed platform that combines a wide range of different sensors in a wearable, hierarchical network. Author: Holger Junker and others.
- http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/iswc/2003/2034/00/20340244.pdf

Textiles for Signal Transmission in Wearables
- Technical paper presenting the results of interdisciplinary research of textile and electrical engineers, into the development of methods for electrical characterization of textile transmission lines. Authors: Gerhard Troster and others.
- http://www.wearable.ethz.ch/fileadmin/pdf_files/pub/kirstein02a.pdf

"Smart'' Clothing
- Paper presenting a framework for interacting with external processes through the development of a utility for person-worn computing as an alternative to desktop and portable computers. Author: Steve Mann.
- http://www.wearcam.org/smart_clothing/

A Sensate Liner for Personnel Monitoring Applications
- Technical paper about a research program aimed at developing technologies for the creation of clothing able to monitor the medical condition of military combat personnel, by incorporating in woven or knitted fabrics electrically and optically conductive f
- http://www.computer.org/proceedings/8192/pdf/81920098.pdf

Human Powered Wearable Computing
- Technical paper exploring the possibility of harnessing the energy expended by humans during everyday action, to generate the required power for wearable computers. Author: Thad Starner.
- http://web.media.mit.edu/~testarne/TR328/main-tr328.html

Interactive Electronic Textile Development
- Technical paper examining the strengths and limitations of potential supporting technologies for the development of interactive electronic textiles. Authors: D. Meoli and T. May-Plumlee.
- http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/jtatm/volume2issue2/articles/meoli/meoli_full.pdf

Intelligent Textiles
- Extensive summary of the different types of electro-conductive textile fabrics and products, and descriptions of their characteristics and applications. Links to related sites. From the Tampere University of Technology.
- http://www.tut.fi/units/ms/teva/projects/intelligenttextiles/

Smart Fabric, or Washable Computing
- Wearable computers can now merge seamlessly into ordinary clothing. Using various conductive textiles, data and power distribution as well as sensing circuitry can be incorporated directly into wash-and-wear clothing. Paper describing a number of techniqu
- http://web.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/fabric/

Electroactive Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems
- Technical paper about the monitoring of body kinematics, and the analysis of human postures and gestures by using strain gage sensors woven into textile fabrics developed to create wearable clothing based systems. Authors: D. de Rossi and others.
- http://www.media.mit.edu/resenv/classes/MAS965/readings/derossi1.pdf

Real-Time Visualization of Woven Textiles
- Technical paper presenting a new technique for visualizing woven textiles in real time by employing the multi-texturizing approach. Authors: N. Adabala and others.
- http://www.miralab.unige.ch/papers/168.pdf

Interactive Electronic Textiles
- Thesis presenting a study of technologies, applications, opportunities and market potentials of the emerging area of interactive electronic textiles. Author: Dina Meoli.
- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-05212002-104138/unrestricted/etd.pdf

Smart Textiles
- Short description of a project within the framework of the Soldier Warrior Systems Technologies, with the aim to investigate and develop the methodology and manufacturing processes for integration of electrical and optical conductive networks, sensors and
- http://www.photonicslabs.com/Assets/downloads/smarttextiles.pdf

Smart Clothes for Real Time Monitoring of Human Reactions
- Technical paper about the ongoing development of textile based products and garments able to monitor the physiological, emotional and sensorial reactions of humans. Authors: F. Axisa and others.
- http://www.wearable.ethz.ch/fileadmin/edu/ws2/pres/emotion_monitoring04.pdf

Clothing that Changes Colour to Match Your Mood
- Short article about intelligent fibers, and interactive or smart textile technologies for biomedical and military applications, and their future use in fashion and clothing. From Express Textile.
- http://www.expresstextile.com/20030911/itintextiles01.shtml

Smart Textiles for Wearable Motion Capture Systems
- Extensive technical paper on wearable textiles which are able to read and record the posture and movements of a subject, created through the incorporation of fabric strain sensors into the weave of the fabric. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: A. Mazz
- http://www.autexrj.org/No6/0038.pdf

Strain-Sensing Fabrics for Wearable Kinaesthetic-Like Systems
- Technical paper presenting a description of the polymerization process used to realize strain sensors, the characterization of strain-sensing textile fabrics, and the thermal and mechanical transduction properties of strain sensors from electroactive poly
- http://www.wearable.ethz.ch/fileadmin/edu/ws2/pres/derossi04.pdf

Electroactive Fabrics and Wearable Biomonitoring Devices
- Technical paper, discussing wearable textiles which can read and record the vital signs and movements of a subject wearing the garments, the sensing function of which is based on piezo-resistive fabric sensors, carbon loaded rubber, and different conducti
- http://www.autexrj.org/No4-2003/0078.PDF

Development of Polymeric Optical Fibre Fabrics
- Technical article about the development of textile fabrics for display and illumination applications, through the incorporation of polymeric optical fibers into woven structures. From Autex Research Journal. Authors: A. Harlin, M. Makinen and A. Vuorvirta
- http://www.autexrj.org/No1-2003/0048.pdf