research-article

Electronic-textile system for the evaluation of wearable technology

Authors:

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman,

Kai Lin,

Eleni Skourtis-CabreraAuthors Info & Claims

ISWC '14 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program

Pages 201 - 207

https://doi.org/10.1145/2641248.2641355

Published: 13 September 2014 Publication History

Get Access

Abstract

Wearable technology used in spaceflight has many applications. Electronic sensing, interaction, and computing designed into comfortable on-body form factors has the potential to augment human capabilities while improving safety, efficiency, autonomy, and ergonomics. This paper discusses our design methods and approach to improving the E-SEWT (Electronic-textile System for the Evaluation of Wearable Technology) project for The Wearable Electronics Application and Research Lab (WEAR Lab) in the Avionic Systems Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC).

The E-SEWT project is a design-lead study in the form and function of a reconfigurable smart garment to be worn on board the International Space Station (ISS). This specialized garment consists of a base unit and removable sensor components called "swatches." This configuration allows the garment to be customized by the wearer to meet their needs to complete a particular task or to suit their personal preferences. The values of a smart garment with a variety of reconfigurable modular units include customization between wearers and tasks, ease in replacing parts and/or updating components for both replacement and testing and flexibility in prototyping and eventually manufacturing. The focus of the design solutions evolved through a process of interacting with test users with a focus on mobility, ergonomics comfort, and ease of use while maintaining optimal data flow.

References

[1]

Cory, S. Smart Technology Development. Final Report. Rep. Johnson Space Center, 8 Oct. 2010. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

Google Scholar

[2]

European Space Agency, DAILY LIFE, 15 NOV (2012) http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Daily_life

Google Scholar

[3]

Huntoon, C. Fluid and Electrolyte Regulation in Spaceflight. Volume 94 Science and TechnologySeries. (1998). San Diego: American Astronautical Society.

Google Scholar

[4]

NASA, ISS Research in Space 2013 and Beyond, (Houston: NASA), 2013.

Google Scholar

[5]

NASA - New Generation E-Textiles Enable Complex Fabric-Based Circuits, Antennas. (n.d.). NASA. Retrieved September 9, 2013, from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/techtransfer/technology/MSC-24115-1-e-textiles.html

Google Scholar

[6]

Watkins, S. Clothing: The Portable Environment. (2nd ed. Ames: Iowa State UP), 1995.

Google Scholar

[7]

Williams, S. NASA, Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory, 19 Nov (2012). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doN4t5NKW-k

Google Scholar

Cited By

View all

DesPortes KMcDermott KBergner YCastro FMusharrat SLunia ACiolfi LHogan TDöring TJenkins Tvan Dijk JHuron SLi ZCoyle DSigner B(2024)DanceBits 'It tells you to see us': Supporting Dance Practices with an Educational Computing KitProceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3623509.3633350(1-19)Online publication date: 11-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3633350
Stanley JHunt JKunovski PWei Y(2021)A review of connectors and joining technologies for electronic textilesEngineering Reports10.1002/eng2.124914:6Online publication date: 23-Dec-2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12491
Townsend RBang AMikkonen J(2020)Textile Designer Perspective on Haptic Interface Design: A Sensorial Platform for Conversation Between DisciplineDistributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions10.1007/978-3-030-50344-4_9(110-127)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-50344-4_9
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Electronic-textile system for the evaluation of wearable technology
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
  2. Physical sciences and engineering
    1. Electronics

Recommendations

Wearable Electronic Textiles for Healthcare, Wellbeing, and Protective Applications
CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Electronic textiles (E-textiles) can act as an exceptional substrate for incorporating sensing devices for monitoring physiological parameters, as they are comfortable to wear close to the skin. This makes them excellent for a variety of applications in ...
Atelier of smart garments and accessories: second edition
ISWC '14 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program

Technology is actually weaving itself into 'the fabric of everyday life' (as predicted by Weiser). Nowadays, computational systems can be embedded in garments or body accessory, such as clothes, shirts, eyeglasses, bracelets and watches. This new ...
Atelier of smart garments and accessories
UbiComp '13 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication

Wearable computing represented an important paradigm shift in engineering and computer science. At the present time, wearable computing is undergoing a new paradigm shift: the wearable systems that used to be transportable devices are actually weaving ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

ISWC '14 Adjunct: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program

September 2014

271 pages

ISBN:9781450330480

DOI:10.1145/2641248

General Chair:
Lucy Dunne
University of Minnesota Research
,
Program Chairs:
Tom Martin
Virginia Tech
,
Michael Beigl
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

In-Cooperation

SIGSPATIAL: ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 13 September 2014

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

UbiComp '14

Sponsor:

UbiComp '14: The 2014 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

September 13 - 17, 2014

Washington, Seattle

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 38 of 196 submissions, 19%

Upcoming Conference

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

8
Total Citations
View Citations
457
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)19
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)2

Reflects downloads up to 18 Feb 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all

DesPortes KMcDermott KBergner YCastro FMusharrat SLunia ACiolfi LHogan TDöring TJenkins Tvan Dijk JHuron SLi ZCoyle DSigner B(2024)DanceBits 'It tells you to see us': Supporting Dance Practices with an Educational Computing KitProceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3623509.3633350(1-19)Online publication date: 11-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3633350
Stanley JHunt JKunovski PWei Y(2021)A review of connectors and joining technologies for electronic textilesEngineering Reports10.1002/eng2.124914:6Online publication date: 23-Dec-2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12491
Townsend RBang AMikkonen J(2020)Textile Designer Perspective on Haptic Interface Design: A Sensorial Platform for Conversation Between DisciplineDistributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions10.1007/978-3-030-50344-4_9(110-127)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-030-50344-4_9
Jarusriboonchai PHäkkilä JPaternò FJacucci GRohs MSantoro C(2019)Customisable wearablesProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia10.1145/3365610.3365635(1-9)Online publication date: 26-Nov-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3365610.3365635
Rubin AOphoff J(2018)Investigating Adoption Factors of Wearable Technology in Health and Fitness2018 Open Innovations Conference (OI)10.1109/OI.2018.8535831(176-186)Online publication date: Oct-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/OI.2018.8535831
Rinaldi ATosi F(2017)Design and Smart Technologies for Physical Activity as Key Factors in Promoting Quality of Life and Social InclusionAdvances in Design for Inclusion10.1007/978-3-319-60597-5_24(264-275)Online publication date: 11-Jun-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60597-5_24
Lorentzen KGrønli TGhinea GYounas MSatpathy M(2016)Sensors in Your Clothes: Design and Development of a PrototypeMobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems10.1007/978-3-319-44215-0_25(302-312)Online publication date: 11-Aug-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44215-0_25
Caon MPerego PAndreoni GMugellini EDunne LMartin TBeigl M(2014)Atelier of smart garments and accessoriesProceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers: Adjunct Program10.1145/2641248.2641350(171-176)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2641248.2641350

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

Abstract

References

Cited By

Index Terms

Recommendations

Wearable Electronic Textiles for Healthcare, Wellbeing, and Protective Applications

Atelier of smart garments and accessories: second edition

Atelier of smart garments and accessories

Comments

Information

Published In

Sponsors

In-Cooperation

Publisher

Publication History

Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Conference

Acceptance Rates

Upcoming Conference

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

Other Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Login options

Full Access

View options

PDF

eReader

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media

Affiliations