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“Smart fabrics are currently extremely fractured in their actual and potential end-use market applications, as well as the products that are being provided. There are few transparent supply chains and widely
varying prices.”
- Smithers Apex Market Intelligence
Input: sensors,
buttons, touch
interfaces
Store/Process
Data:
flash, SD
Apparel
Integrated
Network
Power Source:
batteries, solar,
bodyhead
In the same way, we could create integrated apparel, which follows an open standard. They
could be little roads or superhighways, in terms of quality and capability, at different
price points. They could connect to sensors, power sources, processors and data
stores. We could purely focus on delivering a usable and trustable system, integrated
seamlessly into apparel. We could become technology enablers, rather than focusing on any one application.
Output
Information:
audio, haptics,
displays
An API, or Application Programming Interface would be the next step. What is an
API? Imagine this platform only understands Greek. We speak English. You would
need a translator, which is the API.
“Microsoft’s Kinect opened many doors; simply by releasing a great product coupled with an open API.” Read more
Think of a day when everything from you gym outfit to office wear to lingerie remain
connected seamlessly, through your choice of device(s), simply because we created smart apparel for
different brands and market segments. Consumers get to pick their device or application, but it is we who can make it
more usable by integrating the technology platform into different types of apparel.
"Heapsylon CEO Davide Vigano predicts that e-textile yarns will replace conductive materials, and smart
fabrics will replace sensor technology." Read more
We won’t be governed much by consumer choice if we move fast and lay the groundwork for the wearable tech space.
We can possibly be the pioneering enabler.
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