The Textile Institute has members in all sectors of fibre-based industries worldwide. Special Interest Groups provide a focus for members in different sectors, and many of them organise conferences, study tours and other events in their subject area.

Smart Wearables (SIG)

A Special Interest Group has been formed to represent and support members involved with the smart wearable industries.

Suggestions about possible activities for the Group, or general enquiries, are welcome from anyone interested in this sector.

Please address by email to:

Jane McCann (Chair): jmccannical@hotmail.com  

Bill Bohm (Secretary): billbohm@textileinstitute.org

‘SMART WEARABLES’

This SIG looks at a breadth of disparate emerging technologies in this new textile driven area of clothing manufacture. Clothing that is truly wearable should both work and look good. To bring emerging smart textile technologies to near market within this interdisciplinary area, the aesthetics and comfort of the clothing must be acceptable and the technology interface simple and intuitive for an inclusive audience. The design of textile and clothing ‘products’ and, in particular, the interface between the user and enabling devices must be appropriate for the wearer’s life style needs and culture.

Aims:

To promote the interests of the TI in the rapidly emerging area of wearable Smart Textiles

To promote the incorporation of Smart Textiles in functional clothing

To promote international collaboration between academia and industry in the context of ‘Smart Wearables’

To bring an awareness of Smart Textiles to a wider community.