Antenna Clothing: Bluetooth Headset "Terminator"

At present, the Electronic Technology Laboratory of Ohio State University has developed a dream antenna for human beings. This invention will terminate the necessary hardware devices such as Bluetooth headphones. Vorachith J, an electronic engineer, said: "put on the antenna clothing, when people answer the phone, there is no need to put it on again." Mobile phone Get your ear or use your earphone, and you can only talk to your collar. Communicate Clothes will become people. Answer Phone tools. " Vorachith J expects this antenna suit to be launched in a year.

This kind of embedded intelligent textile has the function of collecting, storing, sending and receiving information, and its sending and receiving information is the main point of research and development. It is reported that the antenna clothing products will be used for wireless monitoring of vital signs, transmission of heart rate data, monitoring of enemy situation and the realization of confidential calls. Its products can not only be made into medical patient clothing or military clothing, but also can be made into family t-shirts for remote monitoring of patients and elderly people who can not act. This kind of antenna clothing that can be seen before in science fiction blockbuster will greatly satisfy people's higher level needs in the future.

Steve Goodall, director of the Research Office of antenna technology and communications and electronic equipment at the army, said: "this wearable antenna will shine, and the light emitted by the Goodall will cover a large area. It can turn a one-dimensional rod into many two-dimensional plates." Compared with the bulletproof vest, the antenna control panel can be installed in the antenna clothing, and the antenna and Nightgown can be used to satisfy more people. "Antenna clothing line is used as raw material. It is not only conductive, but also soft and washable." At present, Dr. Vorachith J's team is developing high-tech materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphite to meet the requirements of antenna clothing.

Wearable communication clothing dates back to the late 90s of last century, when Georgia Institute of Technology developed a wearable motherboard. It is an electronic T-shirt without antennas, including many input and output ports, which are used to connect thermometers, microphones, blood oxygen monitors and earphones to monitor the health of soldiers successfully. According to Dr. San Derory Sam, a textile engineer, the dress was sold to a private company in 2000, but the technology has never been commercialized.

Dr Vorachith J said that the newly developed antenna suit went into the market at least one year. But last summer, Dr. Vorachith J's laboratory had successfully made an antenna bullet proof vest for the US Army. The vest has a square embedded antenna panel at the front and three antennas at the back, making the vest look like a group of eyes or ears.

Dr. Virginia, who works in the electromagnetic field company of the state, is committed to the development and the commercialization of the antenna clothing under the support of the army enterprise research and innovation project team. According to the president of the company, CJ Reddy, after the launch of the antenna clothing, it is expected that the price of each item will reach US $1000, but with the increase in output, the price of these products will decrease, and more people will have the opportunity to have this antenna suit.

Despite the epoch-making superiority of the antenna clothing, there are still many needs to be improved, for example, when the antenna is blocked by the human body, it will lose the ability to receive signals. It is said that when people approach a stationary FM radio receiver installed in a wireless service, the receiver will suddenly make a noise, and the soldier wearing many rod-shaped antenna can not catch the signal from the vertical direction. At the same time, the signal on the ground is also extremely limited, such as when the soldier is doing some dodging, squatting or crawling movements, the reception or transmission of the signal will be affected.