Institute For The Future

E-textiles to monitor your health

Another Smart Mobs post reveals that, for the last several years, Virginia Tech researchers have been developing efficient e-textiles — electronic textiles and clothing with embedded wires and sensors. Sensient, computerized garments might some day measure when you’re about to fall and your location, heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and a variety of other statistics. But don’t expect to find e-clothing available in retail stores any time soon.