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Digital Health Fashion Task 1: Finding Gaps & OpportunityAssignment
What is the future of Medical Health Fashion and Technology?
What is an e-textile and how does it function?
Smart clothing is viewed as a way to transform the delivery of healthcare, and it is believed that broad adoption of clothes that can track health or assist in treatment will lessen the need for expensive technology and a taxed healthcare system. Clothing that tracks chronic diseases or disorders, aids in the care of an elderly population, or provides patients with more comfort while they are receiving treatment at a hospital or other facility is thought to add value, improve health insights, and cut costs.
E-textiles are made to be practical while still feeling soft against the skin. These "smart fabrics" combine traditional textiles woven with conductive fibres with electronic components like wearable antennas, biological sensors, microcontrollers, fibre optics, and Internet of Things system-on-modules from Mouser.
The is an illustration of a biological sensor that might be applied in e-textile applications. In order to collect, enhance, and filter tiny biopotential signals in the presence of noise, it is an integrated signal conditioning block for ECG and other biopotential measuring applications. The is made to make it easier for different types of creators, business owners, and designers of consumer goods to quickly prototype and develop "Internet of Things" (IoT) and wearable computing devices. It is a wearable antenna-integrated product and a system-on-module solution.
In certain instances, e-textiles are made in part using a standard desktop sewing machine that uses a computer software to embroider thread into cloth in a design. However, metallic strands from metals like silver, nickel, graphite, copper, aluminium, and stainless steel, like those from Mouser, are used instead of thread and feel the same to the touch as conventional thread. You can realise any wearable project with the help of these devices. They are circular, fully functional, sewable, and Arduino-compatible gadgets. They are inexpensive enough to be used without hesitation and small enough to fit into any project.
The fabric is strong and can be cleaned like conventional clothes, depending on how the conductive fibres are weaved in and the electronics used in the smart clothing. While durability is still an on-going issue in many projects, it is a factor that most researchers and firms are working on as a key step toward mainstream commercialization of smart clothing for healthcare.
The Future of Smart Clothing.
While many of these academic projects are making progress and working toward commercialization, developments in high-tech fabrics and microelectronics are expanding the potential applications for healthcare-related e-textiles even further.
Some of these concepts and early pilot projects include t-shirts that treat chronic back pain, shirts with stretch sensors to track respiratory rates in people with chronic lung disease, soft all-day belly bands to track foetal heart rate and uterine contractions in pregnant women, pressure monitor stockings for people with diabetes, or even a shirt that shocks people with severe heart problems.
According to some experts, shirts that monitor heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and other metrics will eventually totally replace bedside monitoring in hospitals.
With the Google-Levi Project Jacquard commuter jacket for cyclists, the concept of using gesture detection in smart clothing has recently gained prominence. There are currently much more affordable and well-established technologies that will be difficult to surpass in the next five years, despite the fact that many experts believe gesture recognition could find its way into clothing for healthcare—possibly for use by paraplegics, elderly who have suffered strokes or heart attacks, or elderly in the home who fall.
Because it can be easily shrunk and does not require moving mechanical parts, haptic feedback, or the use of touch in a user interface design, has a lot of potential for e-textiles. In order to engage a patient's muscles, haptic feedback, which can be anything from a slight tickle to a powerful force input, is employed in electric muscle stimulation (EMS). Smart clothing with haptic feedback technology might be utilised at all times during the day and put on any region of the body to stimulate muscle movements or rehab. Prototypes of haptic feedback-based projects, like those from Novasentis, are now being created for use in medical apparel and should be available later this year.
Who are the suitable target market for your collection?
The ready-to-wear line consists of regular clothing and an inside top made of compression fabric. It is appropriate for harried working women with cardiac conditions who lack the time to go to the gym or exercise regularly at home. The line features an ergonomic design that promotes more daily movement. It is clothing that uses NEAT to increase metabolism. The collection aims to appeal to ladies between the ages of 30 and 50 who have a medium income.
What is your vision for Digital Fashion Tech for medical?
My goal for digital fashion technology is to develop fashionable items that are also useful to the wearer. Based on standards particular to the use and function of the products, they must pass muster as ordinary clothes. The items that would be incorporated into the collection should be secure, suit predetermined needs, and constantly work to ensure patient security. The chosen materials ought to be cosy and aid in sustaining the wearer's preferred body temperature.
When you're too hot, your blood vessels expand, which in those with heart problems results in low blood pressure. A heart attack can be brought on by a sudden drop in blood pressure, therefore it's important to select materials that are safe for heart patients, especially for those who live in tropical climates. Additionally, the cost of manufacture should have a favourable cost-benefit ratio, making it more affordable for anyone to buy the clothing and ease daily activities.
What are the technology / materials / silhouette that you can find on digital fashion technology?
The biggest fashion technologies right now
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
Not just in the fashion industry, but across all sectors, AI is one of the most important technologies today. Recently, fashion businesses have been using artificial intelligence (AI) for a range of objectives. AI is the emulation of human intelligence by computers or other devices.
AI can be used in the fashion industry to improve consumer experiences, analyse and forecast trends, comprehend purchasing habits, and even comprehend fashion aesthetics. One illustration of this is touchscreens in retail establishments that use AI chat technology to provide clients with personalised product advise. In certain situations, AI can be taught to comprehend aesthetics, including preferences for colour, texture, and style.
AR incorporates interactivity and simulations into the real-world environment, as opposed to VR, which uses an entirely simulated environment.
Because they enable the fusion of the actual and virtual retail worlds, virtual reality and augmented reality are tremendously intriguing for the fashion business. Virtual try-on technology is one of the most often used applications of VR in the fashion industry, while it is even possible to develop a VR version of an entire store.
We can now clearly see how innovation and technology can assist firms in becoming more sustainable thanks to the growth of 3D printing in the fashion industry. Real things can be produced using the 3D printing method from digital drawings.
Experts investigate the advantages that 3D printing can have for the fashion business in our 3D Printing in Textiles open step by Labdox. They investigate how 3D printing may produce garments with substantially less textile waste than traditional designing and detail how 3D printing uses less water and produces less air and water pollution.
Additionally, 3D printing gives designers virtually limitless alternatives because there are so few restrictions on design, fabric, and structure. In this approach, 3D printing might produce the most cutting-edge and captivating fashion designs ever.
- Innovative materials and fabrics
The materials that are used in fashion and apparel design are crucial. Approximately 72% of garments made under the current fast fashion model use synthetic and non-biodegradable fibres, which is a worrying statistic. Novel fabrics, which are fresh materials, may hold the solution to this issue.
Novel fabrics provide designers a fun chance to be inventive and creative, and there are a tonne of opportunities to make sustainable materials as well. From leather generated in a lab to seaweed fibres that can be stitched together, it seems like anything is possible. Even one company uses the leftover material from apples, apple pectin, to make vegan leather.
This has a wide range of repercussions. We should ideally expect to see a decrease in materials made of plastic and non-biodegradable fibres as a result of the development of more sustainable fabrics.
Additionally, innovation that makes it possible to produce eco-friendly leather, fur, and silk without using animals would preserve the lives of animals.
- 3D dynamic fashion design development using digital technology
Fashion items with moving colours or textile patterns that clearly change from the clothes' underlying colours or patterns, and even details, to another after a certain amount of time are referred to as dynamic fashion design. This shows the possibility of adaptable digital emotions and aesthetics, as well as technologies designed in this way.
Digital aesthetics have served as an inspiration for fresh design concepts and visual expressions as digital technology, especially computer graphic software, has been more readily available to fashion and textile designers. Both fashion and video game designers use 3D virtual simulation systems, such as CLO3D, Marvelous Designer of CLO Virtual Fashion, and DC Suite of Digital Clothing Center.
In addition, many commercial solutions for the development of apparel products, such as Browzwear V-Stitcher, Optitex PDS, and Lectra Modaris 3D, now support 3D visualisation in addition to digital pattern creation. In this way, by encoding digitally based style, colour, and pattern information with computational hardware, we may construct 3D dynamic fashion garments to display customised styles and diverse transformable colours and graphics in fashion design.
Studies on textiles and apparel that include technology now frequently focus on both technical aspects as well as the possibility for aesthetic expression and creative experimentation. For instance, research on high-performance conductive materials and thermochromic inks that alter the colours, textures, and shapes of textiles has been done.
Dynamic textiles, for example, can interface wirelessly with other technology systems via optical fibres and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), as demonstrated by Hussein Chalayan's LED dress from 2008 and the Galaxy dress from CuteCircuit from2008.
Additionally, as numerous examples, including CuteCircuit and Shiftwear, have demonstrated, digitalized dynamic fashion garments that integrate images from portable hardware, such as a mobile phone, open up the possibility of creating still and moving displays of graphic patterns that are more unique and varied than tangible patterns. The powerful Internet and the expansion of social networks were added to this, providing a crucial creative platform for consumers and designers to communicate and work together on a range of design concepts.
Digital Health Fashion Task 2 : Materials & Device Assignment
Research Should include:
1. Proposed materials
2. Feature of materials : what are the characteristic? why do you choose that materials
3. Nanotextile
4. Device ideas, function, and details
Proposed Materials
For the materials, I was searching for something that are commonly used to make sportwear. Heres are some of the fabrics that I found from the research:
Firstly, we have:
Spandex
It's one of the most stretchable materials that is frequently used in athletic and athleisure clothing. It also makes up the other major part of compression clothing because it is one of the primary materials utilized to create compression.
Nylon
One of the key components of compression clothing is nylon. The fabric is soft and silky. Strong, lightweight, and easily cleaned nylon prevents shrinkage and makes garments more comfortable. The most prevalent fabric used in compression gear is nylon.
Feedback during meeting with Dr.Thomas (September 15th, 2022)
After my presentation, Dr.Thomas suggested me to look for Nylon spandex fabric. It's a combination of both fabrics that consists of 80% of nylon and 20% of spandex.
Nanotextile
For the nanotextiles ideas, here are my suggestions that I wish to do for my compression garments. Since, compression garments are designed to promote movement, I was looking for some textile technologies that would be beneficial to the wearer when wearing my compression garment.
The human body's ability to regulate its temperature outside would be greatly impacted by a wearing material that is designed to reflect incoming sunlight and permit the passage of mid-infrared radiation at the same time.
Water-repellent substances generate beads when they come into contact with water that are simple to wipe off the fabric's surface. This indicates that water cannot easily pass through the material, but the material will absorb water if it is in contact with it for a longer period of time or when there is a greater pressure difference. Compact textile structures or ordinary materials treated with hydrophobic chemicals are frequently used to create water-repellent fabrics. Although the terms "water-resistant" and "water-repellent" are sometimes used synonymously, there is a distinction since materials that are water-resistant absorb water for a longer period of time. A substance is said to be waterproof if it cannot be penetrated by liquids; hence, a waterproof material must be impenetrable to water.
Fabric that resists the growth of bacteria, mould, fungus, and other germs is known as antimicrobial fabric. The capacity to suppress microbial development in textiles is provided by an antimicrobial finish, a chemical treatment that is topically applied to textiles during the finishing process.
Feedback from Dr. Thomas (September 15th, 2022)
Dr. Thomas agreed to proceed with the chosen technologies. He said these technologies are a good combination since my idea is to do a compression garment.
Device Idea & Functions
Initial Idea
This is my initial idea for the gadget. I suggested the engineering students to create a vital signs device.
Vital signs are measurements of the body's most basic functions. The four main vital signs routinely monitored by medical professionals and healthcare providers include:
- Body temperature
- Pulse rate
- Respiration rate (rate of breathing)
- Blood pressure.
Feedback from Engineering Students
After showing them my device idea, they suggested me to only focus on one of the features. This is because they are concerned about the gadget being over the budget as the main goal here is to create something accessible for women with a heart condition. On top of that, timing is also one of the main concerns since we were given such a limited time to get the device done. According to them, the functionality of the device also is depending on the availability of the components needed to create the device as everything will be supplied from their lab.
Final Idea
After meeting with the engineering students, this is what they ended up planning for me. It's a gadget that focuses on one basic function which is heart rate.
It's a gadget with a detachable sensor. The sensor itself consists of 3 different electrode pads that appear in 3 different colors such as red, yellow and green. These sensor pads are labeled in different colors as they are supposed to be placed on different parts of the body in order to allow the gadget to read the heart rate.
The Draft
Demonstration
A week before the final presentation, the engineering students came over to Mayamode to demonstrate on how the gadget works. It is very simple to use as you only need to place the pads according to the image below. The gadget also comes with a small screen where the heart rates are being shown.
Digital Health Fashion Task 3 : Design & SilhouetteAssignment
Research on Compression Garments
"During the first stage of design development, my first idea was to straightforwardly to create something that women with a heart disease can wear on a regular basis. After doing my research, I immediately decided to do an active wear, specifically, compression garment. So, this is what I was planning for throughout the first stage of the designing process. Down below is basically just my thinking process of how I came out with the idea of making a compression garment".
Based on my general studies I can begin creating something for ladies with heart problems. I selected a couple of points that I wanted to concentrate on in order to find a solution, and this is where fashion enters the picture.
Exercise, as we all know, improves immune system performance, which prevents more serious illnesses like cancer and heart disease as well as more frequent illnesses.
Still, many people choose not to exercise frequently or even at all.
Motivation
Many people lack the motivation necessary to start an exercise programme because they perceive it as being too demanding, monotonous, or simply not their thing.
Affordability
Many individuals believe that in order to routinely exercise, they must shell out a sizable sum of money to join a gym or buy pricey fitness equipment for their homes.
Time
The most frequent justification given by people for not exercising is a lack of time. You can claim that you simply do not have time to exercise because of your demanding schedule, whether it be because of work, family, kids, or a mix of these.
Based on the issues I just mentioned. Before I begin creating anything, I come up with a solution like this:
I came up with this idea for active apparel because I want to provide something to motivate people with heart conditions to live healthier lives by staying active even when they aren't working out.
NEAT stands for “Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis.” It’s a quick way of labeling the calories you burn by moving throughout the day, when you’re not at the gym or otherwise exercising.
Things that contribute to your total NEAT non exercise activity include going to the office, cooking, shopping, walking the dog, housework, and basically any other casual movements you do without the explicit goal of training.
why I chose active wear
We all know we need to be more active, Getting regular exercise when you have heart disease is important. Exercise can make your heart muscle stronger. It may also help you be more active without chest pain or other symptoms. Exercise also may help lower your blood pressure and cholesterol.
with surveys showing that over 85% of women have found that wearing flattering and comfortable workout clothing gives them more motivation to exercise. Clearly, what you wear and how it makes you feel is a powerful motivator towards exercise – and anything that makes you more inclined to get moving is a positive thing. Experts have even coined the term ‘enclothed cognition’ to explain the phenomenon.
The idea behind enclothed cognition is that the clothes we wear can influence our behaviour and the way we feel. So, wearing a lab coat makes you feel more professional; wearing a leather bomber jacket makes you feel more like a rebel. In this situation, when you wear activewear, you are more likely to go to the gym and work out, and thus you become more active.
I found some instances of compression clothing, so here they are. You can see that they take the shape of sleeves and socks, which supported things like arms, elbows, knees, and calves.
Reduced muscle soreness
Research has found that wearing compression garments can prevent or suspend the commencement of muscle soreness. When we wear compression, it creates an exoskeletal support system that improves and supports the body’s biomechanics during high or low-intensity motion. Also, wearing compression can help enhance blood circulation to your heart. This eventually helps in healing any injuries you may have gotten during or after the workout.
Improved Support & Breathability
Compression shirts, leggings, or socks provide you with better support and help your body to stabilize itself while you train. When you exercise wearing compression, it helps your body to resist some amount of strain on the muscles, by putting pressure on your muscles. Although compression gear feels tight to your body, it is still breathable.
Enhance power and recovery
compression clothes also help in enhancing your performance and in recovering your muscles post-workout.
Good for circulation
Compression garments support the veins and keep the blood flowing toward the heart. Improved blood flow brings more fresh blood to the area and therefore, more oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and skin of the leg.
Design Development
First Idea
This was initially the collection's first concept that I had. I chose to make a compression garment right away, and these are my design ideas for it because initially, we were only concentrating on the functionality of the combined garment and device.
Even though certain parts of the body, such as the legs, are typically covered by compression clothing. My original concept was to produce something that appears to be a whole set so that we could see the entire ensemble.
The clothes have a clearly form-fitting silhouette and are made of material that resembles spandex. Since the main goal is to compress your muscles to support and improve blood flow, I mean "form-fitting," which means skin-tight.
In order for the gadget to function successfully while it is inside the garment—where a portion of it must touch the skin—it is also crucial to make sure the garment is as close to the skin as possible.
Feedback during 3rd presentation
"During our 3rd meeting, we had to present about our design ideas. Miss Maria and Mr, Jr wanted me to add some additional pieces into the collection. They suggested me to add on some new designs to enhance the look of my first design ideas as they're currently look plain and boring. Even though the main idea was only to create a compression garment, they suggested me to use the compression garments as an inner wear and create some additional designs as the outerwear".
Digital Health Fashion Final ProjectAssignment
"At this stage, it is basically my final design development stage as I already did some improvements to my designs according to the feedbacks I received from Mr. Jr and Miss Maria during my previous presentation".
"Since I was told to do some additional pieces to enhance the look of the compression garments, I decided to start over with my designing process by coming up with a subject matter first. This is because I didn't want to confuse anyone with my concept since my first idea was about compression garments. So, I had to think from the beginning in order to combine both ideas (compression garments + additional garments) together into one concept"
Final Idea
"Since I already knew what I wanted to do for the final idea, I immediately decided to do a ready-to-wear collection for Autumn Winter".
"This is my moodboard, since we're working with a gadget, I decided to do something that's futuristic. I was watching a movie named Tron: Legacy and I was inspired by one of the fictional characters named Quorra. She has always been my favorite character in the movie as she's very smart and brave. That's why for the collection, I wanted to a futuristic themed collection but bold. As the Quorra is my muse for the collection and bold is one of the characteristics that describe her".
"Here's more informations about her personality that I found from wikipedia".
Quorra Personality
Quorra can be quite innocent and, at times, naïve. Her innocence in a social setting gives way to a form of determined passion when she is confronted by dangers, and under such circumstances, she can become very protective of the people she loves. Her bravery is such that she is willing to be self-sacrificing, "removing herself from the equation", to protect those who are important to her.
Quorra's Apperance
Quorra is depicted as wearing a black skintight suit with blue circuitry. She also has a black boy cut. However, distinguishing her from other programs is the fact that Quorra is an ISO (Isomorphic Algorithm), and she has the letters "ISO" tattooed on her arm.
After coming to the real world alongside Sam, she wears a Black zip-up leather jacket. She compliments these with tight black jeans and black shin-high boots.
"Since her style is more slanted towards a biker woman who enjoys listening to rock music, I got the idea to do cyberpunk as the main concept of my collection. The black zip-up leather jacket and the head-to-toe back out make her appear more like a rockstar but a rockstar version of a metaverse, so, that's why I chose cyberpunk as the main concept".
"Since Quorra, only wears skin tight outfit and also a monochromatic black outfit during the last scene, her style kind of appears Minimal but slick and bold and that's exactly what I'm going for in the collection. I'm imagining something that is minimal, clean but bold"
"while was researching the concept, whenever I think about futuristic and slick, I think about the metallic silver. I just love how simple it is but it's such a brave and bold color".
"This is what I ended up coming up with for my final 4 designs. I'm still using the compression garments within my design but it's quite minimal compared to what I initially wanted".
"Now let me explain to you how can my first idea which is compression garments work together with my ready-to-wear collection without completely rejecting my first idea which is important as it is one of the main things that serve my purpose: to help women with heart conditions."
"Firstly, the collection will be called a ready-to-wear collection. But, what makes this collection specially designed s for women with heart disease is the fact that it's included with a compression garment as the innerwear"
"Even though I'm not going to make the compression garments as a whole outfit as mentioned during my first designing stage, it's still a part of the design but is styled in a more presentable and fashionable way. The compression garments within my final designs would still serve the same benefits as mentioned but I'm only going to make a compression tank top instead of a two-piece-matching set as the rest of the designs would be covered up by the additional garments".
"My additional garments are still relevant to one of my goals (to design something that is comfortable enough for more daily movements) as every piece of my additional garments is loose and designed for comfort. On top of that, there's also a compression garment that would be worn underneath to booth metabolism through neat which is the 2nd goal of my design".
"By designing something that is comfortable for women with a heart disease to wear every day, they would be more comfortable to move around and comfort would automatically increase their daily movement".
However, this is what I managed to design for my Autumn Winter 2022 Ready-to-wear collection, It is a collection suitable for daily activities from going to work to going out with friends during the weekend as there are varieties of options from the collection that can be worn for different occasions.
Click the link above to see the drawing process for Mr. Riza's class
Gadjet Location
For the gadget location, I decided to choose my 4th design to put the device in as it was the first design I was working on, so, and the engineering students can easily discuss the gadget location.
After showing the engineering student what I already had during the first sewing stage, the suggested me to make a pocket. The device will be located around the chest area making it easy for the 3 sensor pads to reach their specified location.
My idea for the pocket is pretty simple. It was kind of difficult for me to come up with a more aesthetically pleasing idea as the device was kind of bulky. The device was quite in an "okay" size but there are some wires that are connected to the sensor standing up quite highly making the width of the device chunkier than the real size of it, so, the device looks kind of chunky when it sitting in the pocket.
The pocket design is pretty simple as it is just a normal pocket on the chest area of the tank top. There's also a tunnel that I created on the side seams of the pocket so that the wires can enter the inner side of the tank top without showing too many wires on the outside.
Final Result
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