Fusion of Fashion and Function: Textiles as a Platform for a Flexible Electronics System

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1 Fusion of Fashion and Function: Textiles as a Platform for a Flexible Electronics System Sungmee Park, MFA, MS Sundaresan Jayaraman, PhD Kolon Center for Lifestyle Innovation Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia , USA June 22, 2017

2 Fusion of Fashion and Function = Future Fashion Information Fusion Future Function

3 Overview of the Presentation Establishing the Need: Harnessing Ambient Intelligence Textiles: The Versatile Form Factor From Passive to Interactive: Enabling the Smarts Textiles as a Meta-Wearable Concluding Thoughts

4 A Day in the Life of an Individual with a Pacemaker Communications Hub Right Care at the Right Time at the Right Place at the Right Cost

5 A Day in the Life of a First Responder Restore Order Respond Detect Command Center Decontaminate H2 Identify H1 Contain Treat Diagnose

6 Excerpt from an Incontinent Individual The embarrassment of it all was unbearable. How do you explain to your children why you have soiled? You are the adult and this shouldn t be happening. If anyone stopped me to check my handbag, who knows what they would have thought with two spare knickers, toilet wipes, wet wipes, toilet roll and nappy bags. Not really a typical woman s handbag contents! Source: What Could the Quality of Life be?

7 In Each Scenario, the Key is to Harness Ambient Intelligence Enhance/Optimize Our Performance What s Needed? Information Intelligence Instantaneously Interactivity Humans as Information Nodes Situational Awareness Data Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, Control Infrastructure

8 The Engineering Challenge Degree of Comfort Quality of Protection Cost of Protection The Delicate Balancing Act

9 What is Needed An Innovative Personalized Mobile Information Ecosystem That is Simple, Flexible and Ubiquitous.

10 It is All About Connectivity... The Connected Individual

11 Harnessing Ambient Intelligence From Data to Insight

12 The Data-Value Transformation Hierarchy Value Added Value Added Value Knowledge Value Added Information Results Action Insight Value Added Data In

13 Today, Everywhere You Go WOW Wearables, Wearables, Wearables, BIG DATA, BIG DATA, BIG DATA, It is the World of Wearables (WOW)

14 The Emerging Set of Wearables Nike Fuel Band Jawbone UP Google Glass Samsung Gear 2 FitBit Apple Watch Sony SmartWatch 2

15 Defining the Ideal Form Factor for a Wearable

16 Taxonomy for Wearables Wearables Functionality Type Deployment Mode Communication Mode Disposable or Reusable Field of Use Single Function Multifunction Active Passive Invasive Non-Invasive Wired Wireless Health Entertainment In Body Contact No Body Contact Pressure Sensing Acoustic Sensing Monitoring the User Monitoring the Ambience Image Monitoring Public Safety Tracking Rehabilitation

17 Attributes and Form Factor The Form Factor is Important Should Not Be an Appendage Should Not Affect the Natural Behavior of Individuals: Social, Psychological, Ergonomic, Economic, and Experiential Should Provide Multifunctional Capabilities to be of Value in the Long-Run Individual Should Not become a Cyborg

18 Desired Attributes of Wearables A-Z Unobtrusive Shape Conformable Responsive Pervasive Multifunctional Lightweight Aesthetically Pleasing Desired Attributes for Wearables Easy to Use Breathtaking Comfortable Configurable Connectable Durable Park, S., and Jayaraman, S., The Wearables Revolution and Big Data: The Textile Lineage, The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2017, VOL. 108, NO. 4, ,

19 Harnessing Ambient Intelligence: The Challenge Multimodal Sensing: Deploy a Large Number of Sensors Characteristics of Sensors Can be Heterogeneous for Multiple Input Streams Need to be Power-Aware to Minimize Energy Requirements Inexpensive Redundancy in Network is Important, Especially Since Such Networks may be used in Remote or Hazardous Situations Need for an Infrastructure! Becomes an Integral Part of the Individual Make It Disappear

20 The Need Something that is Pervasive Always On A Platform or Infrastructure for the Suite of Sensors Platform Should be Easy to Use and as Natural as Possible Fashionable, Comfortable and Washable Without Damaging the Sensors or Devices

21 The Best Technology Platform is Textiles / Clothing

22 Clothing: The Universal Interface Source: Virtual Reality, 4: , 1999 Wearing from Day One in this World Comes Naturally to Most of Us No Training Required for Usage Can Customize Depending on Individual s Preferences and Tastes Dimensions Budget Occasion Mood Environment

23 Advantages of Fabric Infrastructure Flexibility of Manufacturing Processes Large Surface Areas and Long Lengths Redundancy & Fault Tolerance Natural: Comfortable, Wearable, Customizable, Rich Domain of Design Variables: Fibers, Yarns, Fabrics, Structures, Colors, Reusable / Environmentally-Conscious Design Potential for Integration

24 Always On the Individual The Three Dimensions of Clothing

25 The 1 st Dimension PROTECTION The 2 nd Dimension FASHION The 3 rd Dimension INTELLIGENCE Keeps Us Comfortable Cold / Warm Makes Us Look Good Fabric is The Computer! FUNCTION FORM + FUNCTION EXPERIENCE

26 Fusion of Clothing and Information Processing System Fabric is The Computer! Wouldn t it be nice to design a beautiful piece of clothing that would be a true information processing device with the ability to sense, feel, think and act based on the wearer s stimuli and the operational environment? The Third Dimension of Intelligence

27 Our Breakthrough Paradigm Clothing Is An Information Infrastructure That Also Protects And Makes You Look Good!

28 The Designer s Dream: Form + Function Function: Embedded Systems Form: Exquisite Patterns Embedded Systems Disappear Into the Fabric of Our Digital Lives

29 Bringing them Together: Initial Attempt The Wearable Motherboard or Smart Shirt A Platform for Personalized Mobile Information Processing

30 Smart Shirt: Design Methodology Key Requirements: Quality Function Deployment Type Analysis Understand What the User Wants in the Application Realize Requirements Through Design Concurrent Design of Product and Process (IP/PD) Similar to Systems Design and Engineering

31 User Requirements: Platform Functionality Usability Manufacturability Durability Platform Connectability Wearability Maintainability Aesthetics Affordability

32 Materials & Translate Into Are Achieved Through Requirements Properties Fabrication By Applying These Design Parameters Technologies GTWM Performance Requirements Desired Properties Materials Design Parameters Functionality Usability in Combat Wearability Connectability Durability Maintainability Manufacturability Affordability Sensing Properties Electrical/Optical Conductivity Resistivity (of Insulating Layer) Resistance to Signal Disturbances Attenuation of Signal Bending Rigidity Flexural Endurance Elongation and Creep Tensile Strength & Modulus Weight Manufacturability Cost Comfort Properties Fabric Hand Air Permeability Moisture Absorption Stretchability Bending Rigidity Weight Tensile Strength & Modulus Static Dissipation Form Fitting Manufacturability Cost Lead To Design Penetration Sensing Component (PSC) Electrical Conducting Component (ECC) Comfort Component (CC) Form-Fitting Component (FFC) Static Dissipating Component (SDC) Penetration Sensing Comp. (PSC) Plastic Optical Fibers Silica Optical Fibers Electrical Conducting Component (ECC) Copper Core/ PE Sheath Polyacetylene Core/PE Sheath Comfort Component (CC) Meraklon (Modified Polypropylene) Cotton Microdenier Poly/Cotton Blend Gore-Tex film Form-Fitting Component (FFC) Spandex Static Dissipating Component (SDC) Nega-Stat Fiber Length, Fineness, Uniformity (U%), Maturity, Strength, Elongation, Moisture Absorption, Density, Friction, Cross-Sectional Shape Mfg. Technologies Design Parameters Tubular Weaving In-Lay Knitting Embroidery Warp/Weft Density,Weave Structure, Warp/Weft Yarn Count Wale/Course Density, Knit Structure, Yarn Count Type of Backing Fabric, Pattern, Thread Count GTWM Assembly Design Parameters Cutting/Sewing Sensor Mounting GTWM: Design and Development Framework / sundaresan.jayaraman@gatech.edu Numerical Aperture (NA), Signal Attenuation, Bandwidth, Bending Radius, Strength Electrical Conductivity, Resistivity; Strength, Flexibility Strength, Elongation, Fineness, Creep/Elastic Recovery Charge Dissipation Rate, Fineness Stitch Density, Garment Patterns, Sensor Locations, Sensor Connect Technology

33 The Smart Shirt / Wearable Motherboard Microphone Sensor Interconnection Point Data Bus Base Fibers Multifunction - Processor T-Connectors A Convergence of Advanced Textile, Sensor and Wireless Technologies to Enhance the Quality of Life for Humans. Discovery Channel: Also at:

34 ECG Traces

35 Smart Shirt: Continuum of Life Sports: Race Car Driver Infant Shirt (SIDS)

36 EKG at High Speeds from the Race Car Driver Car Approaching Wireless Monitoring System Range Car Leaving Wireless Monitoring System Range

37 Textiles as an Information Infrastructure My Shirt will Talk to Your Shirt.

38 Textiles A Meta-Wearable Meets All the Desired Attributes of Wearables Aesthetically Pleasing, Comfortable, Natural, Yarns in the Fabric Can Serve as Sensors Sensing / Intelligence in Its Own Right Sensors / Devices Can be Plugged into the Fabric Platform for Sensors and Devices: The Yarns in the Fabric Serve as Data Buses to Carry Signals to/from Sensors and Devices TEXTILES AS A META-WEARABLE Hence Textile is a Meta-Wearable Because It is a Stand-alone Wearable Platform for Sensors and Devices Microphone Sensor Interconnection Point T-Connectors Data Bus Base Fibers Multifunction - Processor Park, S., and Jayaraman, S., The Wearables Revolution and Big Data: The Textile Lineage, The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2017, VOL. 108, NO. 4, ,

39 The Transdisciplinary Paradigm META-WEARABLE Fashion Function Fusion Source: Park, S., and Jayaraman, S., The Engineering Design of Intelligent Protective Textiles and Clothing, in Kiekens, P., and Jayaraman, S., (Eds). Intelligent Textiles and Clothing for Ballistic and NBC Protection: Technology at the Cutting Edge, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics, Springer, The Netherlands, 2012, pp SMART TEXTILES (Flexible Hybrid Electronics) A New Discipline

40 The Fusion of Fashion + Function + Information + Technology is Fun, Exciting, Transformative and the Future!

41 Acknowledgements US Navy DARPA Defense Logistics Agency Kolon Industries, Inc.