E-Fabrics Still Too Stiff to Wear
from the don't-try-this-at-home dept
We've posted a number of articles in the past few years about "e-fabrics". The cutting edge of textile technology where electronic circuitry is sewn directly into the clothes you (or, in many cases, your local soldier) would wear. Despite all the talk, and prototypes, we still haven't seen any products come out of this arena. It turns out that this is because all those e-fabrics are really uncomfortable to wear. And, that's coming from the CEO of a company who makes them. She's suggesting that people in the industry stop overhyping the technology, and focus on finding more practical uses for the technology these days.
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why e-clothing again?
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I don't quite understand...
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Why clothing at all?
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