SMART TEXTILES MUST NOT ONLY BE CLEVER, BUT WEARABLE AND WASHABLE, EXPERTS TELL CONFERENCE
January 1st, 2017
ELECTRONICS and gadgets such as smart watches may have reached their technological and popularity limits, but smart textiles – materials, for example anti-bacterial, that react to environmental or physical stimuli – are here to stay, industry experts argue.
Speakers at this year’s FUTEX – the 7th Innovative Textile European Convention on ‘interactive textiles for health, sport and the home’ emphasised the bright future for ‘wearable’ technology.
They were at the January 18-19 conference in Marcq-en-Baroeul near Lille, France – a city with a ...
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