Uma análise descritiva dos têxteis inteligentes

Abstract

The aim of this monograph is to present both smart textiles and provide an overview of the innovations and development paths in the area so far. The millennial textile industry has used the physical-chemical capacity of natural and non-natural fibers to implement technological innovations, creating the smart textiles industry, which allows the aggregation of sensors, actuators, user interfaces, and complex circuits to already known fabric wefts, generating differentiated value. Through this symbiosis are created garments that integrate sensors that read biosignals, used by civilians and the military; expandable stents; and self-contained clothes, among others. Although secondary, the smart textiles area is agile and adds cutting-edge technological advances to production, such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology, a moving market that exceeds 4 billion dollars. Smart textiles are growing fast in the world because textiles are present in daily human life and there is an increasing need for facilitators. The world textile market reaffirms the trend of increasing fabric per person. With the creation of projects, tax incentives for universities, and cooperation between them and industries, Europe has become a technological pole in the area, which should continue in the coming decades.