A special fiber could bring our clothing to life.
Fink Lab MIT/Elizabeth Meiklejohn RISD/Greg Hren
Wearable tech is extending far beyond Apple Watches and FitBits. Reimagining pants, T-shirts and jackets as having multiple purposes, scientists have invented an “acoustic fabric” that can detect and produce sound.
Potentially, clothes made of this material could continuously monitor our heart or respiratory rate in real time…