Adaptive and responsive textile structures ARTS

John Kay s invention of the flying shuttle in 1733 sparked off the first Industrial Revolution, which led to the transformation of industry and subsequently of civilization itself. Yet another in vention in the field of textiles -the Jacquard head by Joseph Marie Jacquard (ca. 1801) - was the first binary information processor. Ada Lovelace, the benefactor for Charles Babbage who worked on the analytical engine (the predecessor to the modern day 

1 The three dimensions of clothing and wearable information infrastructure 

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The third part contains five chapters, with a focus on integrating processes and integrated structures. Chapter 10 provides an overview of the developments and key issues in fibre-optic smart textile composites. Chapter 11 presents hollow fibre membranes for gas separation. Chapter 12 describes embroidery as one way of integrating fibre-formed components into textile structures. Chapters 13 and 14 are on wearable electronic and photonic technologies. Chapter 13 provides insights on adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS). Chapter 14 describes the development of an intelligent snowmobile suit. 

Adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS) 13.4.2.1 Product versatility... 

Gopalsamy C, Park S, Rajamanickam R and Jayaraman S, The Wearable Motherboard the first generation of adaptive and responsive textile structures (ARTS) for medical applications , J. Virtual Reality, 1999, 4, 152-68. 

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