Making large-scale, functional, electronic textiles

Large-area display textiles can be produced by weaving transparent conductive weft and luminescent warp fibres using an industrial rapier loom. The integration of interactive functionalities, such as a keyboard and power supply, with the display textile forms an electronic textile system that can serve as a communication tool. Woven textiles with integrated interactive functionalities.

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Large-area display textiles can be produced by weaving transparent conductive weft and luminescent warp fibers using an industrial rapier loom. Integrating interactive functionalities, such as a keyboard and power supply, with the display textile forms an electronic textile system. Weaving textiles with integrated interactive functionalities allows them to serve as a communication tool.