Novel fabrication of electronic textiles based wearable technology

该项目提出了将可穿戴技术融入日常时尚和服装设计的机会，最终将赋予舒适性和可穿戴性。它的制造工艺有潜力在英国悠久的纺织创新传统的基础上，从而重振曾经蓬勃发展的纺织工业，从而带来社会经济的繁荣。纺织品的制造和出口是英国最重要的产业；它定义了维多利亚时代，是工业革命背后的推动力。它通过革命性的技术发明实现了这一目标，如飞梭、袜架、珍妮纺纱机、康普顿的骡子和动力织机。因此，英国在纺织创新方面引领世界，并在工业革命之后主导了全球纺织工业，并在1926年达到顶峰。随后，它进入了一个系统性的衰退，到20世纪40年代，由于离岸制造的竞争力，大多数行业都退役了。目前，中国和印度是纺织品和服装的主要出口国，在3万亿美元的全球市场中占有最大份额，而英国在这一市场中的份额仅为910亿美元，与曾经的顶峰相比，这是微不足道的。制造创新的电子纺织服装产品有巨大的机会，可以彻底改变我们的生活方式。在各种可穿戴设备中，电子纺织品（e-纺织品）以传感器、显示器、微处理器、能量存储系统和通信单元等功能设备的形式显示出巨大的潜力，这些功能设备可以很容易地集成到纺织品中。该项目旨在通过新材料、纺织结构和制造技术将可穿戴技术融入日常服装中。这些技术提高了人类智能时尚的生产水平，并显著降低了制造成本，与快时尚相当。因此，它计划让本土制造业回归，重振一度繁荣的英国纺织业。除了这种创新的智能特性外，由于其3D结构，这种新颖的构造方法消除了接缝的使用，通过增加弯曲、伸展和外展等因素，提高了人体工程学的舒适度。此外，该方法使设计师能够以零浪费的理念进行概念化和设计。这反过来又将使电子产品的数字网络完全连接。这项新技术将具有价格竞争力，使我们的行业回归国内，并在智能时尚、服装和鞋类的下一个篇章中创造另一场革命。

This project addresses an opportunity of integrating wearable technology into everyday fashion and apparel design that will ultimately confer comfort and wearability. Its manufacturing process has the potential to build on the UK's long legacy of textile innovation, and hence revive a once-thriving textile industry that will result in socio-economic prosperity.The manufacturing and export of textiles was Britain's single most important industry; it defined the Victorian era and was the driving force behind the industrial revolution. It achieved this by the revolutionary invention of technologies such as the flying shuttle, stocking frame, spinning jenny, Compton's mule, and the power loom. Consequently, Britain led the world in textile innovation and dominated the global textile industry beyond the industrial revolution and leading up to its Zenith in 1926\. Subsequently, it went into a systematic decline, and by the 1940's the majority of the industry was decommissioned due to the competitiveness of offshore manufacturing. Currently, China and India are the major exporters of textiles and apparel enjoying the lion's share of a 3 trillion-dollar global market, yet the UK's portion of this is a mere 91 billion dollars, an insignificant contributor considering it was once at the pinnacle.There are tremendous opportunities in building innovative e-textile garment products that can revolutionize our lifestyles. Amongst the various wearable equipment, electronic textiles (e-textiles) show great potential in the form of functional devices such as sensors, displays, microprocessors, energy storage systems, and communication units that can easily be integrated into textiles. This project aims to integrate wearable technology into everyday garments through novel materials, textile structures, and fabricating techniques. These techniques upscale the production of smart fashion for humans and significantly reduce the manufacturing cost to a level comparable to fast fashion. Thus, it plans to return onshore manufacturing and revive a once-upon-a-time thriving British textile sector.In addition to the smart Characteristics of this innovation, the novel construction methods eliminate the use of seams owing to its 3D construction, this improves Ergonomic comfort by increasing factors such as flexion, extension, and abduction. Furthermore, the method enables designers to conceptualize and design with a zero-waste philosophy. This in turn will enable a fully connected digital network for the electronics. This new technology will be price competitive seeing our industry return to our shores and create yet another revolution in the next chapter of smart fashion, apparel, and footwear.