Flexible, self-powered and modular E-textile platform for sport, health and safety applications

智能可穿戴设备正变得越来越普遍，原因是电子产品小型化的持续进步，传感器和连接的改进，以及在各种产品中嵌入电子产品的能力日益增强。近年来，该市场稳步增长，预计这一趋势将继续下去。KYMIRA认为，下一代可穿戴设备将在很大程度上包括将电子设备嵌入织物纺织品本身的服装。因此，这是KYMIRA专注于研发的领域，并有望在未来3-5年内推出产品。这些嵌入式电子可穿戴设备将寻求由小型、灵活的电池供电(如果有的话)。这就是能量收集(EH)机制将被证明是有价值的地方，通过将这些技术嵌入纺织品中，可以开发出真正自给自足的可行产品。几种EH技术已经被研究用于可穿戴设备，光伏电池一直被证明具有高效的提供电力的能力。Lightricity开发了行业领先的光伏电池，能够非常高效地从室外和室内光源获取能量，展示了其广泛的适用性。该项目结合了KYMIRA的电子(E)纺织品技术、Lightricity的高级EH技术和Cambridge Display Technologies的灵活电力存储解决方案，开发了一种灵活、耐用和舒适的电子纺织品解决方案，能够为未来的可穿戴技术提供动力。

Smart wearables are becoming increasingly pervasive, driven by sustained advances in miniaturisation of electronics, improvements in sensors and connectivity, and growing capability to embed electronics in a variety of products. The market has seen steady growth in recent years, and this is projected to continue. KYMIRA believes the next generation of wearables will heavily include garments in which the electronics are embedded within the fabric textiles themselves. As such, this is what KYMIRA focuses R&D on and is in line to produce products for roll-out in the coming 3-5 years.These electronics embedded wearables will look to be powered by small, flexible batteries, if any. This is where energy harvesting (EH) mechanisms will prove valuable and by embedding these technologies within textile fabrics, truly self-sufficient viable products can be developed. Several EH techniques have been investigated for wearables, and PV cells have consistently been demonstrated as being highly efficient in their capabilities to provide power. Lightricity have developed industry leading PV cells capable of harvesting energy from outdoor as well as indoor light sources with very high efficiency, demonstrating their wide applicability.This project combines the electronic(e)-textile technology of KYMIRA, superior EH technology from Lightricity and flexible power storage solutions of Cambridge Display Technologies to develop a flexible, durable and comfortable e-textile solution capable of powering future wearable technologies.