Sample finished "smart shirt" or "wearable motherboard", Georgia Tech, 1990s
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1996
name: label: maker
content: Jayaraman, Sundaresan
notes: label: Description
content: A sample of the finished sleeveless tee-style shirt used in the "smart shirt" or "wearable motherboard", developed at the Georgia Institute of Texhnology, School of Textile and Fiber Engineering, in co-operation with the Dept. of the Navy, in the 1990s. The research team was led by Dr. Sundaresen Jayaraman. Woven with cotton, synthetic fibers, and fiber optics. This sample has all the snaps and connections in place on the surface, and the edges have been overcast/finished. The finished shirt can be used for monitoring vital signs of the wearer. Two patents were issued covering the Smart Shirt technology: No. 6,145,551 and 6,381,482. Issued to Georgia Tech. Bears the Georgia Tech seal on the front left side; .and WM (for wearable motherboard) and a bumble bee (Georgia Tech mascot). .
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0245.02
label: accession number
content: 2002.0245
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shirt
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 22 in; 64.77 cm x 55.88 cm