Nice little story about the latest smart-fabrics:
INFINEON, WHICH which has a large presence at the "Electronica" electronics fair which opened in Munich today, said it is demonstrating chips and sensors woven into "smart textiles", with connecting wires integrated into the weave and with miniscule power consumption.
The firm is showing a jacket with a voice controlled MP3 player, and the garment can even be washed.
It's also demonstrating further applications which could be of real use, including thermal generators which pick up body heat to power the microelectronics.
(Thanks, Miladus!)
