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More on E-textiles: Electronic Smart Fabric
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."
This is the kind of thing we need for Invisiblity Cloaks, chameleon camouflage and Invisible Cars. Of course we still need a revolution in computing to handle the optic information but it's a start.
"I can not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presents danger, the solution is ignorance" - Isaac Asimov
Clothes that report whenever they are being removed to the spouse.
Im more concerned about when someone hacks my underwear.
"It's better to be a pirate then join the Navy"
a high tech chastity belt!
Wondering what that guy is doing with your daughter? This sensors on her clothes will monitor everything from body temperature, to heart rate, to surface contact! Using this you can determine if articles have been removed and remotely activate an electric shock - or using the builting GPS, track down the guy and beat him to a pulp the old fasion way!
Furthermore, the dancing images of Hello Kitty displayed on the clothing will ensure that any girl will be dying to have them! Yours for only $199.99!
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
What about some moral fiber that can detect corrupt CEO's?
(rimshot)
There are a huge number of yeast infections in this county. Probably because we're downriver from the bread factory.