Smart clothes and wearable technology /

Smart clothing and wearable technology is a relatively novel and emerging area within the fashion and textile industry.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: McCann, J
Published: Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
Publisher Address: Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Woodhead Publishing series in textiles ; 83
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781845693572
Summary: Smart clothing and wearable technology is a relatively novel and emerging area within the fashion and textile industry.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (484 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781845695668
1845695666
Index Number: TT497
CLC: TS941
Contents: Part 1 The design of smart clothing and wearable technology: The emergence of wearable computing-- Types of smart clothes and wearable technology-- End-user based design of innovative smart clothing-- The garment design process for smart clothing: from fibre selection through to product launch-- Designing smart clothing for the body. Part 2 Materials and technologies for smart clothing: The influence of knitwear on smart wearables-- Woven structures and their impact on the function and performance of smart clothing-- Nonwovens in smart clothes and wearable technologies-- Sensors and computin