Author: Nemailal Tarafder
Abstract: The basic materials to construct e-textiles, conductive threads and fabrics have been around for 1000 years. Conductive yarns and fabrics continue to improve and the ranges expand, creating better, more durable and reliable building blocks for new products. Product designers have new options for a complex ecosystem of different material, component and connections to produce better properties including wash ability, stretch ability and new functionalities. The jungle of consumer fitness devices are growing denser day to day. Bio-metric sensors can provide various metrics for athletes to become integral tools moving forward. High-tech textiles in competition sports show prospective research potentials. Smart textiles create textile products that interact by combining smart materials and integrated computing power into textile applications. Wearable technology is become heavily ingrained into professional sports, allowing adverse metrics t be taken into account and utilized with within training and allowing for real-time decisions to be taken subsequently.
Keywords: Sportswears, e-textiles, Wearable Technologies.
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