Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety / edited by Sundaresan Jayaraman, Paul Kiekens and Ana Marija Grancaric.

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TextSeries: NATO security through science series. D, Information and communication security ; ; v. 3.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 147 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1423797477
9781423797470
9781601291455
1601291450
9781607501664
160750166X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety.DDC classification:

687/.16 22

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T55.3.P75 I58 2005eb

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Contents:

Advanced research workshop on intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety / Paul Kiekens -- Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety: the emerging discipline / Sungmee Park and Sundaresan Jayaraman -- The wearable motherboard: the new class of adaptive and responsive textile structures / Sungmee Park and Sundaresan Jayaraman -- New textile materials for environmental protection / Izabella Krucińska, Eulalia Klata and Michal Chrzanowski -- Wearable mechanosensing and emerging technologies in fabric-based actuation / Danilo De Rossi [and others] -- Flexible displays on textiles for personal protection / Vladan Koncar and Franc̦ois Boussu -- Conductivity based sensors for protection and healthcare / Lieva Van Langenhove and Carla Hertleer -- Optical chemical sensors and personal protection / Aleksandra Lobnik -- Ergonomics of protective clothing; heat strain and fit / Hein A.M. Daanen, Peter A. Refeltrath and Claudy L. Koerhuis.

Summary: Technology is the key to combating terrorism and protecting ordinary citizens, first responders and soldiers, among others, from danger. The area of intelligent textiles has a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. Each chapter in the book provides an in-depth assessment of one particular facet of this emerging discipline - from analysis of the threats and sensing technologies to ergonomics of protecting clothing - presented by leading international experts.

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Proceedings from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety, Zadar, Croatia, 7-10 September 2005.

"Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."

"This publication is supported by: The NATO Programme for Security through Science"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Technology is the key to combating terrorism and protecting ordinary citizens, first responders and soldiers, among others, from danger. The area of intelligent textiles has a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. Each chapter in the book provides an in-depth assessment of one particular facet of this emerging discipline - from analysis of the threats and sensing technologies to ergonomics of protecting clothing - presented by leading international experts.

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