The smart textile and wearables sector is looking towards advancing technologies to meet both industry, consumer and new emerging innovative textile application demands, within a fast paced textile industry. In parallel inspiration based on the biological neural workings of the human brain is driving the next generation of artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence inspired hardware (neuromorphic computing) and software modules mimicking the processing capabilities and properties of neural networks and the human nervous system are taking shape. The textile sector needs to actively look at such emerging and new technologies taking inspiration from their workings and processing methods in order to stimulate new and innovative embedded intelligence advancements in the etextile world. This emerging next generation of Artificial intelligence(AI) is rapidly gaining interest across varying industries (textile, medical, automotive, aerospace, military). How such properties can inspire and drive advancements within the etextiles sector needs to be considered. This paper will provide an insight into current nanotechnology and artificial intelligence advancements in the etextiles domain before focusing specifically on the future vision and direction around the potential application of neuromorphic computing and spiking neural network inspired AI technologies within the textile sector. We investigate the core architectural elements of artificial neural networks, neuromorphic computing and how such neuroscience inspired technologies could impact and inspire change and new research developments within the e-textile sector.

翻译：智能纺织品和可穿戴设备领域正寻求先进技术，以满足快节奏纺织行业中工业、消费者及新兴创新纺织应用的需求。与此同时，基于人脑生物神经运作的灵感正推动着下一代人工智能的发展。受人工智能启发的硬件（神经形态计算）和软件模块，模拟神经网络及人类神经系统的处理能力和特性，正在逐步成型。纺织行业需要积极关注这些新兴技术，从其运作和处理方法中汲取灵感，以激发电子纺织品领域嵌入式智能的新颖创新进步。这个新兴的下一代人工智能正迅速引起纺织、医疗、汽车、航空航天、军事等不同行业的兴趣。必须考虑这些特性如何能够激发并推动电子纺织品领域的进步。本文首先概述当前电子纺织品领域的纳米技术和人工智能进展，随后着重探讨神经形态计算和脉冲神经网络启发的AI技术在纺织领域的未来愿景和潜在应用方向。我们研究了人工神经网络和神经形态计算的核心架构要素，以及这些受神经科学启发的技术如何影响并激发电子纺织品领域的变革与新研究发展。