Computerized Clothing

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This Presentation Covers

Introduction

Current status

How it works

History

FutureImpact


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Introduction

Soldiers are out inbattle, fighting in a

war. All of a sudden,one of them gets shot.There is no medicalpersonnel right on the

scene but this soldieris able to get helpimmediately. How isthis possible?


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The Solution

Thanks to the invention of computeried clothing,this soldier can be saved.

This presentation will e!plain more aboutcomputeried clothing.


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Current Status

Computerized clothing is

still in the testing phase.

Computerized clothing

makes it possible to

wirelessly communicate

from our clothing to other

deices.

Current uses are the smart

shirt and the !ei"s musical

#acket.Click on picture for a ideo


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Smart Shirt

$onitor heart rate% &'(%

respiration% temperature%

and blood pressure

Detect in#uries

Help doctors with fastertreatment


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Levis IC! "ac#et

Features an $+, player% a headset% and

a built)in cell phone

*elling in &urope for -//


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$o% It &or#s

*ilk organza)metallic

yarn with copper around

one strand

Conducts electricity

Can withstand high

temperatures

Can be sewn using

industrial machinery

Coated in insulating

material to preent

problems


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'nother Type o( Thread

Deeloped by (eorgia 0ech

$ade of plastic optical fibers

Can wirelessly communicate with other

deices


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Po%er Sources

*olar +ower

1ind +ower

0emperature

$echanical &nergy from turning your

wrists or walking


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$istory

23// BC )) First recorded use of silk organza for clothing by the Chinese

245 )) 6ohn Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digitalcomputer

247 )) Basic concept of cell phones began )) car phones

28 )) First computer chip small enough for personal computers wasdesigned by Intel

27/9s )) Copper is first used for communication deices

27 )) First commercial cellular telephone system began operation in 0okyo

2:7 )) A (erman company called Fraunhofer (esellschaft deeloped first

algorithm for in $+, players 2: )) +atented the $+, player in (ermany

28 )) +atented the $+, player in the ;nited *tates

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)uture

=ike is designingclothing with built)in$+, players.

$otorola and *watch arecreating a watch that hasa built)in cell phone.

IB$ is creating digital#ewelry that will containan entire computer in it.

Creating a new type ofmaterial that generates itsown electricity with the

fle>ing of the material.


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Positive Impacts

Help sae lies for many

Help medical personnel with treatment

+reent *ID*+roide easier means of haing portable deices

;ses enironmentally safe means of power

+roide ?#ust in time? technology0he material is ery light)weight


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*egative Impacts

@ery e>pensie

=ot 2// effectie

*till has some problems with it

0he #acket has to be assembled before you

can use it


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In(ormation Sources

"aker, S. #$%%%, &ovember'. T()& *++ THAT *AT-."usiness eek, /01, 02%2.

"ellis, 3ary. History of ellular 4hones. Selling the ell4hone. )etrieved April 5, $%%/ from the orld ide eb6

http677inventors.miningco.com7science7inventors7library7weekly7aa/$ $$88a.htm.

"lack, illiam T. #/88$, September $$'. The *utlook foropper ire and able 3arkets in the /88%9s.Si!ty enturies of opper. )etrieved on April 5, $%%/from the orld ide eb6http677:%centuries.copper.org.

"rain, 3arshall. How 340 4layers ill ork. How Stufforks. )etrieved April %5, $%%/ from the orld ideeb6 http677www.howstuffworks.com7mp0;

player.htm. "onsor,


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In(ormation Sources Cont+

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