CAREER: E-textile-based Wearable Computing for Sensing User Motions

理想情况下，可穿戴计算机应该始终对用户可用，不应该干扰用户的运动，并且应该对用户周围的人不可见。电子纺织品（e-纺织品）是一种将织物与电子设备混合在一起的新兴技术，有可能实现这些目标。互连和组件是布料的固有部分，使“智能”服装的创造具有普通服装的外观和感觉，同时提供传感和计算能力。这个NSF CAREER项目解决了涉及设计电子纺织服装的研究问题，这些服装可以感知自己的形状和感知/处理元件的位置。该项目研究部分的主要成果将是一个完整的纺织品设计框架，该框架将允许电子纺织品在广泛的应用和全范围的用户群体中健壮地工作。本项目的教育部分将纺织品研究融入课堂，并根据Kolb的学习周期和Felder的学习风格开发新的教育模块，以提高学生的调试技能。该项目的智力价值在于，它使电子纺织品能够充分发挥可穿戴计算的潜力，为现有的可穿戴计算应用创造一个更好的平台，并为现有技术不可行的应用提供一个支持平台。该项目还通过在老年人和残疾人的医疗保健、工业、应急响应和无系绳运动跟踪等领域实现新的应用，产生了重大的广泛影响。该项目的合作性质为学生提供多学科研究经验，增强他们对该领域未来发展的贡献。最后，预计电子纺织品可以帮助重振弗吉尼亚州的纺织业。

CAREER: E-textile-based Wearable Computing for Sensing User MotionsProject Abstract Ideally, a wearable computer should always be available to the user,should not interfere with the user's movements, and should be invisibleto those around the user. Electronic textiles (e-textiles), an emergingtechnology that blends fabric with electronics, has the potential tomeet these goals. Interconnections and components are an intrinsicpart of the cloth, enabling the creation of "smart" garments that havethe appearance and feel of normal clothing while providing sensing andcomputing capabilities. This NSF CAREER project addresses the research issues involvedin designing e-textile garments that can sense their own shapes andthe positions of their sensing/processing elements. The majoroutcome of the research component of this project will be a completee-textiles design framework that will permit e-textiles to functionrobustly across a wide range of applications and the full spectrum ofthe user population. The education component of this project integratese-textiles research into the classroom and develops novel educationalmodules for improving the debugging skills of students based upon Kolb'slearning cycle and Felder's learning styles. The project's intellectual merit is that it enables e-textiles to reach their full potentialfor wearable computing, creating a better platform for existing wearablecomputing applications and being an enabling platform for applicationsthat are not feasible with existing technology. The project also hassignificant broader impact, by enabling novel applications in the areasof health care for the elderly and people with disabilities, industry,emergency response, and untethered motion tracking. The collaborativenature of the project provides students with multidisciplinary researchexperience, enhancing their contributions to the future growth of thefield. Finally, it is expected that e-textiles can help reinvigoratethe Virginia textile industry.