| "Intelligent" or "smart" clothing is part
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| | changes density depending on the
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| of an exciting technology that involves
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| | temperature outside, jackets that store
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| building computing, connectivity, and
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| | solar energy that can be used to charge
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| sensing abilities into materials people
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| | cell phones and cameras, and even built-in
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| are comfortable wearing. Some of the
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| | sensors that can guide pinpoint massage to
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| latest products in this area are very
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| | a wearer that is regulated depending on
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| fashionable, lightweight, and look no
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| | his or her level of stress.
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| different than other clothes. In some
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| | - Active very smart: Where clothing has
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| cases, the electronic circuits that make
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| | built in computing and or intelligent
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| up the brains of the wearable computers
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| | sensing capacity. Examples include
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| and sensors are sewn in. In others, the
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| | sleeves that function as keyboards for a
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| circuits and other components are
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| | small handheld device, clothing that can
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| literally built from conductive yarn and
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| | function like a powerful calculator or
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| thread that makes up the clothing. The
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| | PDA, and shirts that can store information
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| possibilities are amazing and limitless.
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| | through a built-in fabric keyboard and
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| Right now, as devices get smaller and
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| | send it via Bluetooth to a computer.
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| smaller, we often find ourselves with a
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| | Other classifications of intelligent
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| different electronic device in each
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| | clothing include "phase change" and "shape
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| pocket. Each technological advance
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| | memory" materials. Phase change materials
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| shrinks these devices and integrates them
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| | literally change aspects such as their
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| with one another. It's only logical that
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| | density in reaction to the environment, in
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| as these portable devices that connect us,
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| | order to increase comfort or functionality
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| give us information, and allow us to be
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| | to the wearer. These clothes might become
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| mobile get smaller and more powerful, we
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| | denser when it is cold and more porous
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| can eventually find ways to integrate
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| | when it is hot, for example. Shape memory
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| right into the clothing we wear. Right
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| | materials can change from a temporary
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| now, technology has not progressed to that
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| | deformed shape back to an original shape.
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| point, but this article will cover
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| | They can preserve a comfortable and loose
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| currently available forms of smart
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| | fit regardless of changes in heat and
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| fabrics, or intelligent clothing.
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| | moisture levels.
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| There are actually three distinct types of
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| | In the future, all of us might be wearing
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| smart clothing:
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| | intelligent clothing that senses when we
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| - Passive Smart: Where the clothing
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| | are having medical problems, gives us the
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| "reads" or senses the environment or
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| | ability to charge electronic devices while
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| something about the person wearing the
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| | on the go, and even allows for basic
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| clothing. Wearable sensors fall into this
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| | computing. We might not need different
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| category, with examples including built-in
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| | clothing for different seasons due to
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| GPS, clothing-integrated baby breathing
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| | phase change and shape memory technology.
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| monitors, and clothing that gives feedback
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| | There might be means of communication and
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| about potential changes in weather.
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| | general connectivity built in to our
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| - Active Smart: Where clothing not only
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| | clothes. This emerging technology is
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| senses the environment, but also reacts to
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| | exciting and soon to take over the
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| it. Examples include: Clothing that
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| | consumer market.
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