Authors J. McLoughlin, Roshan Paul
The advancement of fibers, yarns, textile materials, functional finishing, electronics, and clothing physiology combined will continue to augment people’s lives in a plethora of areas, in medicine, the military, firefighting, extreme sports, and many other apparel applications. It is rarely understood that the manufacture of textiles is much more than this. Air bags, for example, in cars are made from textiles, designed to save our life in the unfortunate circumstance of a car crash. Protective apparel for racing car drivers, for the military personnel who fly combat aircraft, and firefighters, some of the applications in which, high-performance apparels play apart. A relatively new buzz word, smart textiles in apparels are becoming widely spread with underwear and shirts that can monitor blood pressure and respiratory measurements and also provide heat under extreme weather conditions.
