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Smart textiles for all

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  • Публикация 26 януари 2017

The SIMPLESKIN project funded under the Future & Emerging Technologies (FET) programme has produced washable sensing fabric which can measure body movement, electrical signals, activities and changes in body capacitance and is aiming for the mass market for these smart textiles.

Researchers aim to take wearable sensing technology from an expensive, niche curiosity to a mass market product, in the same way society has shifted from simple mobile phones to sophisticated smartphones. They see the potential for a number of everyday uses such as analysing muscle activity during exercise or monitoring nutrition.

Read the full story in Cordis.