Electronic Textiles for in Situ Biomechanical Measurements

Abstract

This paper describes the benefits of and issues in designing and building an integrated body-worn electronic textile (e-textile) system capable of assessing a suite of biomechanical measures. Unlike laboratory-based systems this system would be worn by a soldier and could be used in a range of environmental conditions. A prototype e-textile developed at Virginia Tech has already shown promising results in de area of gait analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433083

Entities

People

  • Josh Edmison
  • Mark Jones
  • Thurmon Lockhart
  • Tom Martin

Organizations

  • Virginia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Circuit Boards
  • Communication Networks
  • Computers
  • Electronic Textiles
  • Electronics
  • Energy Consumption
  • Measurement
  • Motion Capture
  • Prototypes
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Smart Textiles
  • Virginia
  • Wearable Computers
  • Wearable Technology

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems