Smart shirt (Wearable Motherboard)
Camisa inteligente (Wearable Motherboard)
- Date
- 1996-1998 · confidence medium
- Place
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Credited to
- Sundaresan Jayaraman and Sungmee Park (Georgia Tech)
- Field
- Tools
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A garment woven with conductive fibres and integrated sensors that continuously monitors pulse, respiration and other vital signs. It was conceived to monitor wounded soldiers and was the first 'smart' textile of this kind.
The project started in 1996 and was presented in 1997-1998; electronic textiles were being developed in parallel at MIT Media Lab and in Europe (Philips), so priority is debatable.
What it led to
- medical and sports monitoring clothing
- textile sensors and electronics woven into garments
- market for smart clothing and wearables