Review and Reappraisal of Smart Clothing
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Smart clothing is a “smart system” capable of sensing and communicating with environmental and the wearer's conditions and stimuli. A comprehensive review is presented on the research and developments related to smart clothing including technology developments, human aspects in smart clothing, and the applications. Recent smart clothing technology can be summarized as a tendency toward textile-based technology for each component: interface, communication, data management, energy management, and integrated circuits. Human aspects in smart clothing, even though some areas were not fully covered, were dealt with in terms of usability, functionality, durability, safety, comfort, and fashion. General applications of smart clothing developed so far include bio-monitoring clothing, MP3 player-adopted clothing, and photonic clothing.
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Wearing comfort of wearable devices is decided by the number of wearing devices, device size and weight, and flexibility of the device.
“The wearing comfort575859 of wearable devices is decided by; 1) the number of wearing devices; 2) device’s size and weight; 3) flexibility of the device.”
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- Authors
- Cho, G., Lee, S., & Cho, J.
- Affiliations
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Cho, Gilsoo
- Venue
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-08-12
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 582-617
- ISSN
- 1044-7318 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7590
- OpenAlex
- W2089077052
- Cited by
- 93
- References
- 88
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Keywords
- smart clothing, smart textiles, wearable devices, human factors, usability, comfort and safety, energy management, integrated circuits
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