Wearable electronics and smart textiles: A critical review

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 11957-11992

  Stoppa, Matteo ^a   Chiolerio, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electronic textiles; Smart textiles; Wearable systems

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WEAVING;

ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC TEXTILES; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; SMART TEXTILES; WEARABLE ELECTRONICS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

FABRICS;

EID: 84904052259     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140711957     Document Type: Review

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