Download or read book A Roadmap on Smart Textiles written by Anne Schwarz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to stimulate the progress in smart textiles, emerging developments need to be identified and selectively strengthened. Hence, this issue reports on a three-dimensional roadmap on smart textiles. It aims at contributing to set future actions in research, education and technology development. Research activities and technological developments are mapped, barriers and drivers of technological, strategic and societal and economical origins are identified. Finally, recommendations are phrased on how to overcome barriers and to progress in the field of smart textiles.