Smart textiles were only the beginning - presenting resource smart materials

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 18:28 in Physics & Chemistry

First there was the glove that you could communicate through, then there were the tanktops and belts measuring heart rates and breathing frequency. The School of Textiles researcher Lena Berglin is getting attention for her smart textiles that combine design and technology. On Tuesday, 25th November, she was set to publicly defend her dissertation, the first on interactive textile structures, at Chalmers. A dissertation that will be a springboard for the new resource smart textiles that don't even have to touch the body to give measurable results...

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