Clothing/Textiles Advancements: Sensor Development and Human Performance Enhancement

这个应用研究计划的主题是在Camosun学院建立能力，探索新的 通过独特的材料组合，推动运动用纺织品和服装的发展 开发、传感器技术应用和人的绩效因素分析。独特的方法， 这一领域是由Camosun和加拿大体育中心太平洋（CSCP）之间的伙伴关系， 他们共同开发的太平洋体育卓越研究所（PISE），一个最先进的80，000平方英尺。 设施。PISE旨在促进世界各地人类表现和健康的领先进步， 寿命，汇集了广泛的运动和健康专业知识，相关技术和研究 能力。在过去的几年里，基于结合到服装中的传感器的监测系统已经发挥了重要作用。 在开发各种以人为本的监测设备方面发挥越来越大的创新作用。的 需要开发可穿戴的监测设备，并最终创造舒适的服装与内置的 测量一系列生理和物理数据而不必求助于庞大的设备的能力 一直是国际上对“智能”服装兴趣日益增长的推动力。使用这些“智能” 织物或“智能”纺织品目前正在许多应用领域进行研究，包括体育 性能、娱乐活动、康复、患者监测（特别是远程医疗） 治疗交付）、人机工程学、应急响应人员监测和防御。 建立Camosun和PISE在纺织进步和传感器技术开发方面的能力， 使我们能够在该地区重要的新经济部门创造创新能力， 温哥华岛是国内/国际体育技术发展的领导者。

The main theme of this applied research program is to build capacity at Camosun College to explore new advancements in textiles and clothing for sport applications through a unique combination of materials development, sensor technology application and human performance factors analysis. The unique approach to this field is made possible by the partnership between Camosun and Canadian Sport Centre Pacific (CSCP) and their co-development of the Pacific Institute of for Sport Excellence (PISE), a state of the art 80,000 sq.ft. facility. PISE is designed to facilitate world leading advances in human performance and wellness across the lifespan, bringing together a broad spectrum of sport and wellness expertise, relevant technology and research capability. In the last few years, monitoring systems based on sensors incorporated into garments have played an increasingly innovative role in the development of a wide range of human-oriented monitoring devices. The need to develop wearable monitoring devices and ultimately create comfortable clothing with the built-in ability to measure a range of physiological and physical data without having to resort to bulky apparatus has been the driving force behind the growing international interest in "smart" clothing. The use of these "smart" fabrics or "intelligent" textiles is now being investigated in many application areas including sports performance, recreational activities, rehabilitation, patient monitoring (particularly for remote medical treatment delivery), ergonomics, emergency response personnel monitoring and defense.Support from NSERC to build the capacity of Camosun and PISE in textile advancement and sensor technology development will enable us to create an innovation capability in an important new economic sector for the region and position Vancouver Island as a leader in sport technology development nationally/internationally.