DigiTEX project constitutes a strategic partnership on the high education, co-funded by the European Commission by the Erasmus+ program. The partnership is integrated by 7 institutions from 5 European countries (including Universities, non-profit institutions, and clusters), who joined with the aim to implement the “Textile digitalization based on digital education and innovative e-Tools” project. DigiTEX project aims to support innovative approaches and digital learning technologies to accelerate innovation, teaching and learning in the field of medical, protective, sensorial and smart 3D textiles design, testing and manufacturing of the innovative advanced products for healthcare (protective equipment, wearable monitoring devices) in the context of the digital economy.
Due to the fourth industrial revolution and Internet of things (IoT) development, an attractive direction for textiles is the new concept of flexible wearable devices-based textiles to be more comfortable and be easily worn. Apart of the defined outputs of the project, the consortium will focus on specific objectives and educational actions, that will lead and enhance this innovation acceleration:
- Virtual workshops and e-learning courses about electronics embedded into textiles
- Learn and teach about 3D prototyping for medical, protective, sensorial and smart textile for sensors and actuators
- To study the context and the best practice for use, apply and recycle the materials used in medical textile devices, intelligent textiles
- To study, learn and disseminate the aspects concerning the smart textile material performance, wearable devices.
Project Τitle:
Textile digitalization based on digital education and innovative e-Tools, (DIGITEX)
Project Duration: 01.03.2021-28.02.2023
Project URL: https://e-digitex.eu
Project Framework & Funding:
KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices/ KA226 – Partnerships for Digital Education Readiness/ DIGITEX 2020-1-RO01-KA226-HE-095335
Funding: 257.380,00 (36.116,00) €Principal Investigator (UNIWA):
Dr Georgios Priniotakis
Email: gprin@uniwa.gr
Tel: +30-2105381335Consortium – Partners:
- INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU TEXTILE SI PIELARIE (INCDTP), Romania (Coordinator)
- CREATIVE THINKING DEVELOPMENT (CRE.THI.DEV.), Greece
- CENTRO ITALIANO PER L’ APPRENDIMENTO PERMANENTE (CIAPE), Italy
- ASSOCIACIO AGRUPACIO D’EMPRESES INNOVADORES TEXTILS (AEI TEXTILS), Spain
- University of West Attica (UNIWA), Greece, Department of Industrial and Product Design Engineering, Laboratory of Design and Development of Innovative Knitted Textiles and Garments –DIKNIGA) (Coordinator)
- Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania
- George Asachi Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI), Romania
