Category: Professional Clothing
SmartCap
The SmartCap, an invention by Australian-based research organization CRC Mining to detect fatigue of truck drivers working on mining operations, is fitted with hi-tech brain monitoring sensors. Invented by CRCMining engineer Dr Daniel Bongers, the SmartCap, a baseball cap with [...]
eTextiles will make the work saver for our firefighters
Scientist at the Dublin City University develop intelligent clothing for firefighters with sensors woven into the fabric. Technologies based on the use of e-textiles with wearable sensors will monitor the heart beat, breathing rate, the level of sweat, stress and [...]
Intelligent Textiles for the digital soldier
Another highly interesting company I have visited during the TechTextile is ITL (Intelligent Textiles Limited) a UK based research and development company founded in 2002 specialized in the weaving of complex electrical circuits in conductive fabrics. Starting in the traditional [...]
Intelligent clothing for the safety of Firefighters
Intelligent clothing is not only a cool ‘must have’ for our fashion outfit but has added value in professional clothing as well. The most innovative use of Smart Textiles is a Firefighter jacket = ‘Turnout Gear‘ in professional speak, with [...]
