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IfE. Electronics Laboratory - http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/
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. |
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Indian Institute of Technology - http://www.iitd.ac.in/textile/
India. Research and development of smart textile technology at the Department of Textile Technology. |
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LTI. Lithuanian Textile Institute - http://www.lti.lt/
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. |
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CTT. Centre for Technical Textiles - http://www.leeds.ac.uk/textiles/CTT/CTT.html
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. |
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Smart Textiles Initiative - http://www.smarttextiles.se/
Sweden. Cooperative project of government, industry and academia, involved in fundamental and applied research and development of technical textiles and wearable technologies. List of research projects. Links to partner sites and textile innovation studios. English and Swedish. |
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ProeTEX Project - http://www.proetex.org/
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 partners. |
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ConText Project - http://www.context-project.org/
European Commission sponsored project, aimed at developing a system of contactless sensors incorporated into textiles to be used in the continuous monitoring and measuring of electromyography and electrocardiography signals of individuals. List of publications. Links to partner sites. |
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http://www.biotex-eu.com/ - http://www.biotex-eu.com/
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. |
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TechniTex Faraday Partnership - http://www.technitex.org/
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. |
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CLUBTEX. Association for the Promotion of Technical Textiles - http://www.clubtex.com/
France. Association of manufacturers, trade union, and training and research centers dedicated to applied research and development activities in technical textiles. Directory of member companies. Links to related sites. English, Grench and German. |
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SFIT. Smart Fabrics, Interactive Textile - http://www.csem.ch/sfit/
Belgium. European Commission sponsored cluster of projects, dedicated to the integration of technologies and functionalities, systems and applications related to smart fabrics, interactive textiles and flexible wearable systems. Directory of participating individuals and organizations. List of current projects. Calendar of events. Library of publications. Links to related sites. |
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OFSETH Project - http://www.ofseth.org/
European Commission sponsored project, aimed at developing pure optical sensing technologies for extending the capabilities of medical technical textiles for wearable health monitoring. Links to partner sites. |
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Configurable Computing Lab - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/
USA. Virginia Technical University's laboratory focusing on devices, architectures, applications and programming issues for configurable computing. Research and development of computational textile fabrics. |
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STELLA Project - http://www.stella-project.de/
European Commission sponsored project, aimed at developing new stretchable and flexible substrates with stretchable conductors, assembling technologies, and integration methods for stretchable electronics in elastomeric parts to be incorporated in healthcare, wellness and functional textiles and garments. |
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Grado Zero Espace Srl - http://www.gzespace.com/
Italy. Commercial company, conducting contract research and development on electronic textiles, wearable computing, and multi-functional garments. Technology descriptions and technical information. English and Italian. |
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FiCom Project - http://www.disappearing-computer.net/projects/FICOM.html
European Union funded development project within the Disappearing Computer Initiative, aiming to integrate computing ability into fibers to create flexible and functional interactive textiles. |
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Bristol Wearable Computing Project - http://wearables.cs.bris.ac.uk/
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 delivered to the wearer of purpose designed jackets and devices appropriate to their current position and activity. |
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E-Textile Research Group - http://www.ccm.ece.vt.edu/etextiles/
USA. Electronic textiles research and development laboratory in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Virginia Tech University. |
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University of Wales - http://artschool.newport.ac.uk/smartclothes/
UK. Research group for smart clothes and wearable technology in the School of Art, Media and Design. |
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Intelligent Biomedical Clothes Projects - http://www.csem.ch/sfit/html/projects.html
List of current projects sponsored by the European Commission, aimed at developing a "Wearable Healthcare System" by exploring the capability of combining smart sensors in fiber and yarn form, advanced signal processing and modern telecommunication systems, incorporated in a textile platform. |
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Venture Development Corp - http://www.vdc-corp.com/
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. |
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http://www.eminent.ivam.de/ - http://www.eminent.ivam.de/
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 technologies and telecommunication, and industrial process control industries. Current development project for intelligent textiles. |
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MIT Bio Robotics Research Laboratory - http://darbelofflab.mit.edu/node/28
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. |
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ITSAPT. Intelligent Textile Structures-Application, Production and Testing - http://centrum.tul.cz/centrum/itsapt/index.html
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 ongoing projects. |
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CETEMMSA Technical Textile Center - http://www.cetemmsa.com
Spain. Research and education institute, focused on technical textiles and radiofrequency identification systems. Applied research and development of properties, manufacturing processes, application possibilities and limitations of smart textiles. English, Spanish and Catalan. |
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Intelligent Media Initiative - http://www.intelligent-media.org/
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-disciplinary collaborative research projects in smart textiles, intelligent environments and a variety of additional areas. Calendar of events. Links to related sites. |
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Architectural Fabric Structures - http://fibers.philau.edu/ntc/f00p01/
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. |
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Multiweave - http://www.tecminho.uminho.pt/multiweave/
Two-year running European Commission funded project aimed at designing and developing a multiaxial weaving machine, and the subsequent design, development and production of multiaxial fabrics for apparel and high-performance technical applications. Links to partner sites and related information. |
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EOLAB Innovative Devices & Materials - http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab3/
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 PDF files. |
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Biteam AB - http://www.biteam.com/
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 brochures on PDF files. |
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Arianne Project - http://www.diee.unica.it/eolab/arianne/
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. |
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Smart Wear Lab - http://www.tut.fi/public/index.cfm?mainsel=14824&sel=15268&show=21021&siteid=53
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. |
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Moratex. The Institute of Technical Textiles - http://www.moratex.lodz.pl/
Poland. Government institute dedicated to research, development and production of bulletproof textile products and automotive protection systems, and fire-retardant clothing. |
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ESTAT-Garments - http://www.vtt.fi//virtual/estat/
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) sensitive devices, and to develop appropriate test methods for the characterization of ESD protective garments. Conference papers on PDF files. |
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tBU GmbH - http://www.tbu-gmbh.de/
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 textiles. List of applied tests. [English and German] |