Intelligent textiles for personal protection and safety [electronic resource] / edited by Sundaresan Jayaraman, Paul Kiekens and Ana Marija Grancaric.

Contributor(s): Series: NATO security through science series. D, Information and communication security ; ; v. 3.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, c2006.Description: vii, 147 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • T55.3.P75 I58 2006eb
Online resources: Summary: Technology is the key to combating terrorism and protecting ordinary citizens, first responders and soldiers, among others, from danger. The area of intelligent textiles has a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. Each chapter in the book provides an in-depth assessment of one particular facet of this emerging discipline - from analysis of the threats and sensing technologies to ergonomics of protecting clothing - presented by leading international experts.
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Proceedings from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety, Zadar, Croatia, 7-10 September 2005.

"Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division."

"This publication is supported by: The NATO Programme for Security through Science"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Technology is the key to combating terrorism and protecting ordinary citizens, first responders and soldiers, among others, from danger. The area of intelligent textiles has a high potential for payoff in the fight against terrorism. Each chapter in the book provides an in-depth assessment of one particular facet of this emerging discipline - from analysis of the threats and sensing technologies to ergonomics of protecting clothing - presented by leading international experts.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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