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More on E-textiles: Electronic Smart Fabric

Posted by michael on from the surge-protector-underwear dept.

Little Hamster writes "The IEEE spectrum has an article on e-textile, where conductive fibers woven into fabric using standard textile techniques carry power to sensors, actuators and microcontrollers embedded in the cloth. The result is snowmobilers jacket that can detect crashes and txt an SMS message for help, carpet that can detect motion, or a T-shirt that shows videos. Oh, and the smart fabric is washable too."

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  1. Great... by LegendOfLink · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now we're only a step away from having Spammers make our e-clothing so congested with crap that it won't be of any use.

    Even worse, what would happen once Spammers figure out how to broadcast video through the e-clothes, would we have people all over the place with Penis Enlargement ads on their new Old Navy cargo pants?

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  2. It's worse than that: by Atario · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    carry power to sensors, actuators and microcontrollers


    Actuators. The spammers could program your clothes to walk you to their offices...forcibly.

    Oh, and Ashcroft wants regular updates on this technology.
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