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This category lists companies and institutions involved in research and development activities in technical and electronic textiles.

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Protective Clothing Research Group

  http://www.ales2.ualberta.ca/hecol/pcerf/
  Canada. University of Alberta's Human Ecology Department research facility, involved the development of dynamic models of heat and moisture transfer in high heat flux environments, and to address simultaneously the conflicting phenomena of protection and comfort of protective clothing.

• 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.

• 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.

• Venture Development Corp

  http://www.vdcresearch.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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