Protection e-Textiles: MicroNanoStructured fibre systems for emergency-disaster wear

Project Information

PROETEX

Grant agreement ID: 026987

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2006

End date 31 January 2010

Funded under

• Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Total cost € 12 792 243,00

EU contribution € 8 100 000,00

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

Objective

ProeTEX will develop integrated smart wearables for emergency disaster intervention personnel, improving their safety, coordination and efficiency and for injured civilians, optimising their survival management. This core application area, which is of significant societal importance in itself, will drive a wide range of key technology developments, building on current and past EU and national projects and the commercial activities of partners, to create micro-nano-engineering smart textile systems - integrated systems (fabrics, wearable garments) using specifically fibre-based micronano technologies.

These are capable of being combined into diverse products addressing this core application area but also a wide range of other markets from extreme sports, through healthcare to transportation maintenance and building workers. The industrial partners can address these markets.

Fiber systems can integrate sensors, actuators, conductors, power management, and the emergency disaster personnel smart garment will, within a wireless ambient planning and managing environment, progressively enhance and integrate fiber systems for:
- continuous monitoring of life signs (biopotentials, breathing movement, cardiac sounds)
- continuous monitoring biosensors (sweat, dehydration, electrolytes, stress indicators)
- pose and activity monitoring,
- low power local wireless communications, including integrated fiber antennae
- active visibility enhancement, light emitting fibers
- internal temperature monitoring using fiber sensors
- external chemical detection, including toxic gases and vapours
- power generation - photovoltaic and thermoelectric and power storage.

The technological base developed will concentrate on smart fibers/e-textiles, but the IP will combine these where appropriate with 'conventional' microsystems (such as accelerometers, gyros, microcontrollers and wireless chips).

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › biosensors
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › fibers
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › textiles

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2004-2.4.2 - Technologies and devices for micro/nano-scale integration

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

IP - Integrated Project

Coordinator

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Italy
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Participants (22)

ATELIER DE CONSTRUCTION STEIGER SA

Switzerland

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• Address: ROUTE DU SIMPLON 20 ; 1895 VIONNAZ
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BRUNET-LION

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 88 RUE FREDERIC FAYS ; 69100 VILLEURBANNE
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CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RUE JAQUET-DROZ 1 ; 2007 NEUCHATEL
• Total cost: No data

CENTRO EUROPEO DI FORMAZIONE E RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA SISMICA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA FERRATA 1 ; PAVIA
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CIBA SPEZIALITAETENCHEMIE AG

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KLYBECKSTRASSE 141 ; 4057 BASEL
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COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: BATIMENT LE PONANT D, 25 RUE LEBLANC ; 75015 PARIS CEDEX 15
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DIADORA - INVICTA S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA MAZZINI 20 ; 31031 CAERANO DI SAN MARCO
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DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: GLASNEVIN, DUBLIN 9
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INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 20, AVENUE ALBERT EINSTEIN ; 69621 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX
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IXSCIENT LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 76 POPES GROVE ; TWICKENHAM MIDDLESEX
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MILIOR S.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA PISTOIESE 755/D ; 59100 PRATO (PO)
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MINISTERE DE L'INTERIEUR ET DE L'AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PLACE BEAUVAU ; 75008 PARIS
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PHILIPS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH FORSCHUNGSLABORATORIEN AACHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: WEISSHAUSSTRASSE 2 ; 52066 AACHEN
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POLITECHNIKA LODZKA

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ULICA ZEROMSKIEGO 116 ; LODZ
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PREFECTURE DE POLICE DE PARIS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 9 BD. DU PALAIS ; 75195 PARIS 4
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SENSOR TECHNOLOGY AND DEVICES LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: TEIC BUILDING - UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER ; BT37 0QB NEWTONABBEY
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SMARTEX S.R.L.

Italy

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• Address: VIA LUNGO IL FICARELLO 3 ; PRATO
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SOFILETA SAS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 1 AVENUE DE CHANTEREINE ; 38300 BOURGOIN JALLIEU
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THUASNE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RUE MARIUS AUFAN 118-120 ; 92300 LEVALLOIS PERRET
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UNIVERSITA DI PISA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44 ; PISA
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UNIVERSITEIT GENT

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 ; 9000 GENT
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ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CHENEY MANOR ; SN2 2QW SWINDON, WILTSHIRESWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Total cost: No data