Project description Challenging current Thinking Show the project objective Hide the project objective We propose a fundamentally new approach for creating smart textiles and functional garments. The basic idea is to separate sensing textile production, garment manufacturing, the hardware platform, and the software implementation by well-defined abstractions and interfaces. A major innovation is the development of a mass-producible generic sensing fabric, which will allow capacitive, resistive or inductive modes, to measure movement, electrical body signals, activities, and change in body capacity. The sensor density and intelligent signal processing will compensate the simplicity of single sensors. Based on these fabrics "sensing ready" garments can be produced, that are with respect to their properties, looks, production process and price virtually undistinguishable from today's standard garments. We expect that in the long term this will lead to functional clothes becoming the default, much like today smart, sensor-enabled phones have become the mainstream. The "sensor ready" garments become part of a wearable computing system, by adding hardware, that allows self-organizing, dynamic and adaptive processing of input signals converting the specific garment into a general wearable sensor with a dedicated high-level sensing interface. By these means we create an abstraction layer and platform on which application developers can create wearable sensing application, than are independent of the actual hardware they run on. For example, this will allow an application developer to create a sports monitoring application, that includes body posture, movement, and heard rate, which can be deployed to any available "sensing ready" shirt. This will empower a larger number of potential developers to contribute their creativity. The approach taken in SimpleSkin has great potential to build up the foundation for a new era in smart clothing. It aims at moving personal wearable monitoring from a niche topic into major industry with the potential of revolutionizing what we wear. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsignal processingengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.9.1 - Challenging current Thinking Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-C See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH Address Trippstadter strasse 122 67663 Kaiserslautern Germany See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jingyuan Cheng (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 542 300,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SEFAR AG Switzerland EU contribution € 170 148,00 Address Hinterbissaustrasse 12 9410 Heiden See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Peter Chabrecek Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 464 400,00 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Zürich Zürich Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gerhard Tröster (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DEUTSCHE INSTITUTE FUR TEXTIL- UND FASERFORSCHUNG DENKENDORF Germany EU contribution € 121 000,00 Address Korschtalstrasse 26 73770 Denkendorf See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Esslingen Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Hansjuergen Horter (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART Germany EU contribution € 329 000,00 Address Keplerstrasse 7 70174 Stuttgart See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Albrecht Schmidt (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT PASSAU Germany EU contribution € 273 180,00 Address Innstrasse 41 94032 Passau See on map Region Bayern Niederbayern Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sabine Wiendl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN Participation ended Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Groene loper 3 5612 AE Eindhoven See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Noord-Brabant Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Suzanne Udo (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window HOEGSKOLAN I BORAS Sweden EU contribution € 96 000,00 Address Allegatan 1 50190 Boras See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Annika Bergman (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
