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Interactive Apparel You Control

Posted September 22, 2007 6:01 AM by Sharkles

Smart fabric interfaces will soon let wearers of interactive clothing choose which type electronic communications or entertainment device they wish to control. The electro-conductive fabric touchpad in the lapel of your new suit, for instance, will link to your MP3 player — or cell phone. You decide.

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Yusef1 Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 326 Good Answers: 26	#1 Re: Interactive Apparel You Control 09/23/2007 12:04 AM
	This will go over really well at airports. __________________ If it was easy anybody could do it.

user-deleted-5 Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 446 Good Answers: 2	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Interactive Apparel You Control 09/23/2007 1:34 PM
	Check this out -- it is listed in this issue of CR4 just a little bit down from this topic in "Engineering News" You might have not seen it -- sometimes I skip that section -- MIT Student Arrested For Wearing Circuit Fashion

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