Computerized Clothing

By Ashwini Dhatrak

This Presentation Covers

Introduction Current status How it works History Future Impact

Introduction
Soldiers are out in

battle, fighting in a war. All of a sudden, one of them gets shot. There is no medical personnel right on the scene but this soldier is able to get help immediately. How is this possible?

The Solution
Thanks to the invention of computeri ed clothing,

this soldier can be saved.

This presentation will e!plain more about

computeri ed clothing.

Current Status
Computerized clothing is

still in the testing phase. Computerized clothing makes it possible to wirelessly communicate from our clothing to other de ices. Current uses are the smart shirt and the !e i"s musical Click on picture for a ideo #acket.

Smart Shirt
$onitor heart rate% &'(%

respiration% temperature% and blood pressure

Detect in#uries Help doctors with faster

treatment

Can Be Used By:

$ilitary personnel !aw enforcement personnel Astronauts Athletes Infants)pre enting *ID*

Levis IC ! "ac#et
Features an $+, player% a headset% and

a built)in cell phone *elling in &urope for -.//

$o% It &or#s
*ilk organza)metallic

yarn with copper around one strand Conducts electricity Can withstand high temperatures Can be sewn using industrial machinery Coated in insulating material to pre ent problems

'nother Type o( Thread

De eloped by (eorgia 0ech $ade of plastic optical fibers Can wirelessly communicate with other

de ices

Po%er Sources
*olar +ower 1ind +ower 0emperature $echanical &nergy from turning your

wrists or walking

$istory
23// BC )) First recorded use of silk organza for clothing by the Chinese 2.45 )) 6ohn Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital

computer 2.47 )) Basic concept of cell phones began )) car phones 2.8. )) First computer chip small enough for personal computers was designed by Intel 2.7/9s )) Copper is first used for communication de ices 2.7. )) First commercial cellular telephone system began operation in 0okyo 2.:7 )) A (erman company called Fraunhofer (esellschaft de eloped first algorithm for in $+, players 2.:. )) +atented the $+, player in (ermany 2..8 )) +atented the $+, player in the ;nited *tates 2..: )) <ise in the popularity of portable $+, players

)uture
=ike is designing

clothing with built)in $+, players. $otorola and *watch are creating a watch that has a built)in cell phone. IB$ is creating digital #ewelry that will contain an entire computer in it. Creating a new type of material that generates its own electricity with the fle>ing of the material.

Positive Impacts
Help sa e li es for many Help medical personnel with treatment +re ent *ID* +ro ide easier means of ha ing portable de ices ;ses en ironmentally safe means of power +ro ide ?#ust in time? technology 0he material is ery light)weight

*egative Impacts
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can use it

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