Electroactive fabrics and wearable man-machine interfaces

Wearable Electronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 59-80

  De Rossi, Danilo ^a   Carpi, Federico ^a   Lorussi, Federico ^a   Scilingo, Enzo Pasquale ^a   Tognetti, Alessandro ^a   Paradiso, Rita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Smartex srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

ELECTRO ACTIVES; MAN MACHINE INTERFACE;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84903416083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845690441.59     Document Type: Chapter

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