General Trends of Innovation in the Technical Textiles Sector
tion and mechanical stimuli re-
sponses
•integration of fully customizable
self- lighting materials based on
active fibers and yarns, and inte-
gration or programmable textile
matrixes for interactive sensing
•light and resistant structure with
PTFE membrane for architecture
•separating tissues for growing veg-
etables
Key challenges in
the sports sector
•
•development of light weight perfor-
mance garments having new tex-
tile surface coatings enhancing
thermal management (insulation),
controlled drug release for muscle
care, and also proving optimized
comfort, low pill, low shrink and fast
dryingHealthcare and medical sector
integration of low power/autono-
mous bio-monitoring and/or integrat-
ed ICT and loT communication sys-
tems for training monitoring and per-
formance assistance and integra-
tion concepts of training analytics,
always connected and data shar-
ing for garment/textile structures
“peripherals”
Key challenges in the
personal protection sector:
•
•the integration of geo tracking and
personal GPS systems (Global Po-
sitioning Systems), physiological
and biometric monitoring, embed-
ded and integrated communications
and energy harvesting, with all data
monitoring systems sharing data in
real-timeAutomotive and aeronautics sector
integration of cooling/heating sys-
tems into garments
Key challenges in
building and living sector:
•development of new functional tex-
tile materials using nano materials
and industrial waste, eco-friendly
technologies (like ultrasonic depo-
sition, bi/tri- component fibers, UV
curing coatings), considering mul-sports sector
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