| Clothing constitute a natural and accepted part of our daily lives. By embedding electronic components into textiles these can be enhanced to serve as interfaces.
Textile sensors can monitor both body properties and external stimulations. Textile actuators can serve for example as optical or tactile displays. With regard to e-Skin, of mayor interest are electrotactile, vibrotactile and thermal tactile display technologies. Further potential actuation technologies include air jet, ultrasound, magnetic and chemical stimulation. |
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Expertise and background knowledge in natural sciences, engineering and design forms the basis and prerequisite for the development of an e-Skin interface. The following section outlines briefly the main scientific fields as they relate to this project.
