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Thu, 28/05/2009 - 16:00 — lrambausek

Dear member, dear visitor,

To support SysTex project work, it is of great importance to complete the survey on training and education.

Please, make some time to fill out the questionnaire provided (http://www.systex.org/node/617).

Thank you very much for your time and effort.

The SysTex Crew

Smart Textiles Salon

Tue, 14/04/2009 - 16:06 — lrambausek



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Newsletter

Tue, 31/03/2009 - 14:10 — Site admin





Dear reader, welcome to the first issue of the systex newsletter. From now on, this newsletter will keep you updated almost every six months on relevant achievements, events and the overall progress of this ambitious initiative. Intelligent textiles have been around for about 10 years. The first product was the ICD+ jacket with built in MP3 player and mobile phone. It was developed by Philips and Levi Strauss in the late 90’s. In 2000, three projects were in progress on a monitoring shirt for sports, medical and military use in the US, Italy and Belgium. Soon it became clear that intelligent textiles have a huge potential, with an important impact on the industry and quality of life.

Today around 15 European projects involve activities in the area of intelligent textiles. Considering that European funding covers only for 10% of total research funding in Europe, one could estimate that in total 100-150 projects on intelligent textiles are being funded. This demonstrates that Europe has taken the lead in further developments in this area.

Nevertheless only very few products are actually available on the market. The transfer of research results to the market fails. The objective of Systex is to identify the hurdles in this transfer process and to initiate actions to overcome them. Systex wants to become the platform FOR, ABOUT and BY all stakeholders in the area of intelligent textiles.

Systex will pave the way for the real breakthrough of intelligent textiles in Europe.


Prof. Lieva van Langenhove, Project coordinator

Partners

Mon, 13/10/2008 - 11:45 — Site admin

IHofmann   UGent   University of Pisa   Smartex   Plastic Electronics   Philips Research   Multitel   INFM  IMEC   Anne De Moor   IFTH  CEA

Project Description

Mon, 13/10/2008 - 10:57 — Site admin
Seventh Framework Programme Seventh Framework Programme
Proposal acronym: SYSTEX
Grant agreement no.: 224386
THEME ICT-2-3-6 Micro/nanosystems
Proposal full title: Coordination action for enhancing the breakthrough of intelligent textile systems (e-textiles and wearable microsystems)

The European textile and clothing industry still significantly contributes to the wealth in Europe. Nevertheless it faces huge challenges today. Fierce worldwide competition is at present putting a lot of pressure on our textile industry. E-textiles, also called intelligent, interactive or smart textiles or textile systems are expected to be a new generation of textile products that can help the textile industry in its transformation into a competitive knowledge driven industry.

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