The aim of the SmartSeam project (IGF project 09689/19) is to use seams for functional integration into garments. Using a combination of conductive materials and other functional threads, sensors and actuators can be incorporated into a textile without an additional processing step by means of crossing and interlacing points in the seam. To achieve this, a lockstitch machine with two separate thread laying units is used. A modular protective vest with integrated optical filaments has already been realized to increase the wearer's visibility. Demonstrators with integrated movement and body physiological sensors are also being developed. The project is being carried out in cooperation with the University College Ghent (Belgium) and is funded by the AiF as part of the program for the sponsorship of joint industrial research IGF by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.
This project is supervised by Prof. Dr. Anne Schwarz-Pfeiffer, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Zöll and Prof. Dr. Thomas Weide
