INTELLIGENT
TEXTILES
INTRODUCTION
Materials are
considered to be textile when they consist of drape able structures that can be
processed on textile machinery. Usually textiles are made of fine and flexible
fibres and threads that have a high length/diameter ratio. The hierarchical
structure are made of bundles of fibres are twisted to create yarns, which again
are e.g. woven or knitted into fabrics. However, textiles can also contain
non-woven structures as membranes and foils. Ready-made textile products
include ropes, ribbons, fabrics and also three-dimensional products like
clothing.
MEANING
What does it mean when
we say that skin is truly intelligent? It does not have a brain. Intelligence
is described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica as “the ability to adapt
effectively to the environment, either by making a change in oneself or by
changing the environment or finding a new one. Effective adaptation draws upon
a number of cognitive processes, such as perception, learning, memory,
reasoning, and problem solving. This definition is from the psychologist’s
viewpoint, but still holds up for human skin.
DEFINITION
There are no definite
law about what is considered intelligent. In addition, things have varying
degrees of intelligence. People tend to use the terms way too much, especially
for marketing purposes. Here are four quite similar explanations of intelligent
textiles:
They are materials that react to
impulses without the need for us to control them.
They are able to respond to its
environment.
In garment they react to impulses coming
from outside or inside.
They react automatically to some kind of
stimuli.
INTELLIGENT TEXTILES
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