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While wearable devices allow users to track heart rates, how much they’ve eaten and or exercised, it’s still pretty expensive. It’s also not that accurate. Manufacturers are looking at the next best thing: smart clothing.
We’ve featured a fabric that could potentially power up small devices.
MarketResearch.com, a market intelligence company, said that by this year, there will be more than 26 million smart clothes produced.
According to a report by IDC, “Smart clothing, like the wearables market in general, is just getting started, but we are seeing innovative ways that these deliver value to users.” Many companies are currently focusing on smart health and fitness clothing, but in the future, new innovative products may transform the market as smart clothing develops with more sensors and applications and moves from niche users to the mass market.
But it’s going to need a push.To drive smart clothing forward, further research and development of e-textiles (electronics and textiles combined) is crucial. The development has been in the works for more than a decade, but it has been relatively limited until wearables sparked consumer interest in 2013. According to a recent forecast, smart garment shipments in the fitness sector are expected to reach 26 million garments in 2016, surpassing every other type of wearable device.
In the fitness sector alone, shipments of smart clothing are expected to reach 26 million garments by 2016, surpassing every other type of wearable device. Smart clothing is just getting started, but we are already seeing the innovative ways that these products deliver value to consumers.
Many companies and designers are dedicating their efforts to developing new smart clothing with the capabilities of a smartphone. Dutch designer Borre Akkersdijk created the BB.Suit, which is a 3D knitted onesie that includes a battery pack, Wi-Fi access point, GPS tracker, and crowdsourced playlist.
In spring 2015, it was announced that Google and Levi Strauss were partnering to create technology-integrated apparel that can do things like send a text by swiping a jacket cuff.
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