Recent developments in flexible wearable electronics for monitoring applications

With the technology miniaturization and wireless revolution, electronics have found new applications in the form of flexible wearables for monitoring purposes. Ongoing research on wearable electronic systems has resulted in a number of prototype garments that can monitor and relay various types of d...

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Published in:Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 2007-08, Vol.29 (3-4), p.283-300
Main Author: Lam Po Tang, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electrotextiles
Monitoring systems
Prototypes
R&D
Research & development
Textile industry
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Summary:With the technology miniaturization and wireless revolution, electronics have found new applications in the form of flexible wearables for monitoring purposes. Ongoing research on wearable electronic systems has resulted in a number of prototype garments that can monitor and relay various types of data. As a review of the latest development in this area, this paper outlines and discusses the various components required for such a system, including sensors, actuators, circuitry and power management.
ISSN:0142-3312
1477-0369
DOI:10.1177/0142331207070389