Textile Progress · 2010 · 127 citations · 25 references
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Smart textile systems remain nascent but are expanding due to growing technological implementation and significant R&D investment. The issue presents a three‑dimensional roadmap to identify and strengthen emerging developments, guiding future research, education, and technology actions in smart textiles. The roadmap maps research and technology activities while identifying technological, strategic, societal, and economic barriers and drivers. Recommendations are provided to overcome identified barriers and advance smart textile development.
Though industrial exploitation of smart textile systems is still in its infancy, the technological implementation is increasing. This is the result of substantial research and development investments directed towards this emerging field. In order to stimulate the progress in smart textiles, emerging developments need to be identified and selectively strengthened. Hence, this issue reports on a three-dimensional roadmap on smart textiles. It aims at contributing to set future actions in research, education and technology development. Research activities and technological developments are mapped, barriers and drivers of technological, strategic and societal and economical origins are identified. Finally, recommendations are phrased on how to overcome barriers and to progress in the field of smart textiles.
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