Smart Clothing Adalah
E-textiles vs Smart textiles
Smart clothes can be made using either e-textiles or smart textiles. Contrary to what one thinks, these are not exactly the same thing. Let’s talk briefly about the difference between e-textiles and smart textiles as it can quickly be quite confusing.
The term “E-textiles” stands for “electronic textile” or “electronically integrated textile”. In other words, small electronic components are embedded in the fibers of the fabrics. Your fabric becomes a sort of circuit that can then sense data, store it, transmit it and react to it.
E-textiles are always created with specific applications in mind. They are designed to act like a truc electronic product, with features and functionalities. Most smart clothes are made using E-textiles.
Smart textiles, on the other hand, are a subgroup of e-textiles. As a matter of fact, smart textile materials are environmentally sensitive. They are more passive and only react in the presence of various stimuli, like temperature, light, air or water pressure or sometimes blood circulation.
This being said, both are technical textiles that go beyond the purpose of aesthetic.
fascinating examples of smart clothing
Chinese Conquest Period of Vietnam
The Kingdom of Nanyue (204 BC–111 BC) was conquered and ruled by the Han Chinese under the Han dynasty in 111 BC.[7] The Chinese ruled over Northern Vietnam for 1000 years until c. 900 AD.[7][1]: 21 This time, it was the Chinese which lead to acculturation process referred as Sinicization.[1]: 21 The clothing of officials in Northern Vietnam followed the regulations of the Chinese dress.[1]: 50 However, even during the Han dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), there was still very little Chinese migration into Northern Vietnam.[1]: 21 It was in the subsequent centuries after the fall of the Han dynasty that there was a large influx of Chinese in the region of Annan.[1]: 21
From 43 AD to 939 AD, the direct rule of the Chinese in Northern Vietnam led to the Chinese clothing influence on the local clothing styles, especially the local elites; this also included the leaders who rebelled against the rule of the Chinese who typically wore Chinese-style clothing.[1]: 50 The Elites wore clothing made of silk which were colourful and decorated while commoners wore plain hemp-based clothing.[1]: 50 According to the Book of the Later Han by Fan Ye, the civilization of Lingnan started with Ren Yan and Xi Guang (both Han Officials in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen respectively) who were credited for introducing hats and sandals to the people of Lingnan along with many other aspects, such as agriculture.[4]: 25
Non-Chinese immigrants were attracted to the Tang dynasty-ruled Annan, and non-Chinese migrants started settling in the neighbouring areas; the blending of Chinese culture, Mon-Khmer, and Tai-Kradai in northern Vietnam led to the development of the national majority, the Vietnamese people.[1]: 21 The elites followed the Chinese clothing system more closely once the regions had been incorporated into the Chinese imperial system.[1]: 21 During the thousand years of imperial domination, the Vietnamese adopted Chinese clothing, but local customs and styles yet were not assimilated and lost.[7]
Ambiotex’s smart shirts to measure your stress level
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Cutecircuit’s smart clothes, a crossroad between technology, art and fashion
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Athos’ smart clothes to improve the athletes’ performance
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Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam (1407–1427)
When the Han Chinese ruled the Vietnamese in the Fourth Chinese domination of Vietnam, due to the Ming dynasty's conquest during the Ming–Hồ War they imposed the Han Chinese style of men wearing long hair on short-haired Vietnamese men. The Vietnamese were ordered to stop cutting their hair and instead to grow their hair long and switch to Han Chinese clothing within a month by a Ming official. Ming administrators said their mission was to civilize the unorthodox Vietnamese barbarians.[11] Women had to wear Chinese style clothing.[12]: 528 The Ming dynasty only wanted the Vietnamese to wear long hair and to stop teeth blackening so they could have white teeth and long hair like Chinese.[13]: 110
lady with blackened teeth (nhuộm răng đen).
A picture from the book, Technique du peuple Annamite (Vietnamese: Kỹ thuật của người An Nam), depicting the Vietnamese custom of teeth blackening. It has chữ Nôm, 染𦝄 and Vietnamese alphabet, Nhuộm răng.
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Back in 2004, everyone was talking about the Internet of Things and smart clothing was definitely seen as the Future.
However, thanks to technological progress and the amount invested in R&D by several AI and tech companies, smart clothing is not a dream anymore.
On top of that, it’s truly a fascinating world. Smart clothing and e-textiles are at a crossroad between fashion, technology and healthcare.
Owlet’s smart socks to keep the babies safe during their sleep
https://youtu.be/xcOySTHZaqk
The Smart Sock is the first baby monitor to track your baby’s oxygen level and heart rate—the best indication of baby’s health—while they sleep.
The tech behind smart clothes
Smart clothes look and feel like our everyday clothes, but they come with a technical twist. Some tech clothing uses advanced textiles with intricately interwoven circuits, whereas others add sensors or hardware to boost its functionality and track biometric and physical data like temperature and heart rate. Some smart clothes can connect to apps via a secondary device like a smartwatch, letting users keep track of their daily habits and workouts.
