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Future Direction: E-Textiles

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Wearable Monitoring Systems

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Body worn systems, endowed with autonomous sensing, processing, actuation, communication and energy harvesting and storage are emerging as a solution to the challenges of monitoring people anywhere and at anytime in applications such as healthcare, well-being and lifestyle, protection and safety.

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    Danilo Emilio de Rossi

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de Rossi, D.E., Paradiso, R. (2011). Future Direction: E-Textiles. In: Bonfiglio, A., De Rossi, D. (eds) Wearable Monitoring Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7384-9_7

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