E-Textile Standards Surge Forward!

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Quante, J. Michael

• The E-Textile Explosion
  The stuff of science fiction, right? Clothes that light up in response to sound, monitor your heart rate as you go about your
  day, or help to keep your mp3 player charged up. These are examples of the primitive e-textiles that have appeared on
  runways and in the press, with few making headway in the marketplace.
  That was yesterday. Today, we’re on the cusp of a major e-textile explosion that will soon bring major changes to the way
  we exercise, shop, maintain our health, run our households, and in other ways we are just starting to explore. News media
  are increasingly covering the myriad new technologies adding electronic functionalities to clothing and textiles
  in general. Juan Hinestroza, associate professor of fiber science and director of undergraduate studies in the College of
  Human Ecology at Cornell University, says “e-textiles are expected to impact all the spectra of textiles and fibers- from medical textiles capable of sensing body signals to tablecloth sending signals to the restaurant manager that they have been stained.”

• Date created

  2016-08-01

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-zjmx-we14

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