The invention of the Jacquard weaving machine led to the concept of a stored "program" and
"mechanized" binary information processing. This development served as the inspiration …

Virtual reality (VR) has been making inroads into medicine in a broad spectrum of applications,
including medical education, surgical training, telemedicine, surgery and the treatment of …

An overview of the key challenges facing the practice of medicine today is presented along
with the need for technological solutions that can "prevent" problems. Then, the development …

Protection and aesthetics are the two common dimensions or attributes typically associated
with textiles as clothing. However, with the rapidly changing needs of today’s consumers, a …

Defects in woven textile structures have been analyzed, and a novel scheme for their
classification based on their visual attributes is proposed. The proposed scheme can serve as the …

Today, the term “wearable” goes beyond the traditional definition of clothing; it refers to an
accessory that enables personalized mobile information processing. In this chapter, we define …

Electronics and fabrics woven together (e-textiles) will make smart dressers of firefighters,
football players, and fashionistas alike. The authors describe various prototypes that use the …

The field of smart textile-based wearable biomedical systems (ST-WBSs) has of late been
generating a lot of interest in the research and business communities since its early …

Textiles and computing share a synergistic relationship, which is being harnessed to create
a new paradigm in personalized mobile information processing (PMIP). In this paper, we …

Research on the design and development of a Sensate Liner for Combat Casualty Care has
led to the realization of the world’s first Wearable Motherboard® or an “intelligent” garment …