Politehnika i dizajn, Vol. 6 No. 2, 2018.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.19279/TVZ.PD.2018-6-2-04
SMART CLOTHING IN HEALTHCARE AND CAREGIVING
Dubravko Rogale
orcid.org/0000-0002-7409-5407
; Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Snježana Firšt Rogale
orcid.org/0000-0002-7409-5407
; Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Veldić
; Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Smart clothing, also known as electronic textiles,
smart garments or smart textiles, are wearables
that have built-in electronic and electrical
components and devices. The digital components,
such as screens and microcomputers, embedded
in clothing enable a two-way communication
system between the wearer’s environment and the
wearer himself. The integrated components track
and monitor the wearer’s vital functions which
ultimately provides added value to the wearer.
The implementation of wearable technology is
interdisciplinary; therefore, teams developing
such clothing are made up of textile and clothing
engineers, engineers in the field of automation,
electronic and information technology, chemists
and biologists.This paper presents a review of
smart clothing used for healthcare. There is a
given description of the sensors that are integrated
for the purpose of monitoring vital functions
in healthcare and caregiving. There is a given
overview of existing examples of wearables used
for monitoring vital functions and a description
of how to supply components with electrical
energy. As a student project, this paper shows the
design of a prototype wearable for tracking and
monitoring heart rate with the help of Arduino,
an open-source platform that enables creating
interactive electronic objects. The project is
designed in the Clothing Technology department
of the Faculty of Textile Technology. The
underlying idea was to create a prototype that
will, in accordance with the rapid development of
technology, monitor the heart rate performance
of each smart cap wearer. The heart rate data is
measured and displayed on a smartphone via
Bluetooth technology and mobile application.
Ključne riječi
Smart clothing; healthcare; heart rate; Arduino
Hrčak ID:
209222
URI
Datum izdavanja:
13.6.2018.
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