At the 2024 Emerging Technologies Conference at Advanced Textiles Expo various obstacles were discussed around ...

The goals of IARPA's SMART ePANTS program include creating active smart textiles that feel like regular clothing.

(Electronic-TEXTILES) Fabrics that are augmented with electronics to provide battery power, heat or health monitoring capabilities. E-textiles use conductive threads and fabrics, and the ...

“First, they are uncomfortable and intrusive for the wearer and tend to fail at the interface between the hard electronics and the soft textile over time — an issue that is especially difficult to ...

The next step for fully integrated textile-based electronics to make their ... an issue that is especially difficult to tackle for e-textiles is the issue of washability." By contrast, the team's ...