In the early 1990s Mark Weiser described the future of computing as disappearing from the consciousness of people. This means that computer systems will be unobtrusive and so easy to use that people can forget them and work with them without actively thinking of them. This so-called ubiquitous computing approach also implies the invisibility of hardware devices and continuous connectivity to information networks.
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A new report from technology consultancy Cientifica examines how smart textiles are creating a fourth industrial revolution for the textiles and fashion industry worth more than $130 billion by 2025.
SALTEX, a new event for smart textiles and lightweight materials, celebrated its premiere in the trade fair quarter in Dornbirn in Austria recently.
Sympatex Technologies, a pioneer in the field of sustainable functional textiles, will be exhibiting its smart textiles product category at Expoprotection fair, the only event in France.
Smart textiles are creating a fourth industrial revolution for the textiles and fashion industry worth over $130 billion by 2025, according to the recent report from technology consultancy Cientifica.
Smart textiles are fabrics incorporated with electronic components. They are used in various applications for monitoring, illumination, sensing, and communication purposes. They are also known as technical textiles or interactive textiles.
A couple of doctors I met recently confessed that even the medical fraternity, except for a few sophisticated and high-tech hospitals, disregard hygiene norms and one doctor uses the same surgical gown used by another, throwing to the winds all the norms for infection control.