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Bristol Wearable Computing Project
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UK. Joint project of the Computer Science Department of the University of Bristol and the Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, concentrating on the development of programs and hardware which use context sensing to enable media and information to be delivered to the wearer of purpose designed jackets and devices appropriate to their current position and activity.
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ESTAT-Garments
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European development project performed by a consortium consisting of private industry and knowledge institutes, founded to create a basis for the qualification of the effectiveness of clothing used for the safe handling of electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitive devices, and to develop appropriate test methods for the characterization of ESD protective garments. Conference papers on PDF files.
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Smart Wear Lab
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Finland. Special research unit of the Tampere University of Technology, focusing on research, innovation and commercialization of interactive textiles and smartwear. List of current projects. On-line publications. Links to related sites.
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Configurable Computing Lab
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USA. Virginia Technical University's laboratory focusing on devices, architectures, applications and programming issues for configurable computing. Research and development of computational textile fabrics.
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TechniTex Faraday Partnership
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UK. Government funded initiative of the Heriot-Watt University, the University of Leeds, UMIST and the British Textile Technology Group, involved in research, design and development of new technologies and applications for technical textiles.
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