journal article·2021-04-26Open access

Future Trend in Wearable Electronics in the Textile Industry

Chi-Wai Kan, Yin-Ling Lam

Applied Sciences· Volume 11· Issue 9

Abstract

Smart wearable textiles can sense, react, and adapt themselves to external conditions or stimuli, and they can be divided into active and passive smart wearable textiles, which can work with the human brain for cognition, reasoning, and activating capacity. Wearable technology is among the fastest growing parts of health, entertainment, and education. In the future, the development of wearable electronics will be focused on multifunctional, user-friendly, and user acceptance and comfort features and shall be based on advanced electronic textile systems.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Green IT and Sustainability · Interactive and Immersive Displays

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Affiliations

Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Funding

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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