E-textiles
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E-textiles, also known as electronic textiles, are fabrics that enable computing, digital components and electronics to be embedded in them. Part of the development of wearable technology, they are referred to as intelligent clothing or smart clothing that allow for the incorporation of built-in technological elements in everyday textiles and clothes. It does not strictly encompass wearable computing because emphasis is placed on the technology not being visible on the fabric and a computer is not actually embedded into the fabric. While not part of the mainstream form of fashion, its popularity is increasing and more research is being devoted to it.
Some e-textiles incorporate LED components in them. A developed e-textile in an intelligent clothing product that is already available is a snow jacket that allows its wearer to control his/her music while listening to it.
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