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Smart clothing combines two different worlds — textiles and electronics. Although the concept has been around for at least a decade, current intelligent clothing trends indicate that it will become an important part of future fashions. One example of developments in this arena: a jacket made to protect women from unwanted touching by surrounding her with 80,000 volts of electricity.
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