6. Presentation of the 30 project ideas in template

6.21. Development of special clothes with sense actuators

Action

Content

Title of the project

Development of special clothes with sense actuators.

Envisaged Program for funding / other sources for funding

Bilateral or other research projects

Domain of interest

3D human body scanning, 3D printing, virtual prototyping, computer graphics, sensors

Abstract

(up to 500 words)

Human body has several senses to take information from environment. But in critical or eventful situations those are not enough. With development of the information and sensor technology there is an opportunity to include that advance equipment in special clothes that extend humans sense range. Those clothes will have built in actuators which will get active for example when there is an object near the user to warn. Those special clothes will be used in racing sports like F1 or rally. So a driver will know without to look in the mirror there is a vehicle behind him, while actuators will warn him.

Keywords (up to 5)

Special clothes, actuators, sensors

Envisaged partners sought

Research and testing institutes, universities, companies involved in racing car sports

Contact data

(Name/Surname, Organization, email)

Andrej Cupar

Institute of Construction and Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Email: andrej.cupar@um.si