Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety Workshop to be held in Sept
29 Jun '05
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BB 2 - Platform: The design of the platform or infrastructure for the sensors/electronics, which involves the exploration of materials, structures and manufacturing associated with the intelligent textiles/clothing for defense against terrorism;
BB 3 - Interconnect Architecture: The design and incorporation of physical data paths and interconnection technologies, i.e., the realization of “textile electrical circuits” in the fabric to make them “intelligent”;
BB 4 - Hardware Integration: The incorporation in clothing of smart sensors (vital signs, chem.-bio), microchips and other devices (e.g., for communication and control) is critical for the realization of intelligent textiles for any personal protection application against terrorism, say for example first-responders and civilians, battlefield management;
BB 5 - Software: Issues related to the processing of information are critical for the incorporation and optimal utilization of computing resources. These issues include fault tolerance in light of manufacturing defects and Quality of Service (QoS) within the intelligent textiles and between the intelligent textile and external agents/devices;
BB 6 - Performance Metrics: The successful transformation of this technology of intelligent textiles into the field for the fight against terrorism should be driven by a set of performance metrics that could range from the physical dimensions (of the resulting structure/system) to the nology of intelligent textiles into the field for the fight against terrorism should be driven by a set of performance metrics that could range from the physical dimensions (of the resulting structure/system) to the costs, the manufacturability and the data flow rates.