For more than a decade now, a bright promise in fashion and apparel has loomed just over the horizon. Smart clothes with sensors and next-generation textiles could transform our wardrobes into ...

Smart watches, smart locks, smartphones, and smart plugs are all products you probably are familiar with — but now you can add smart clothes to the list as well. These garments are embedded with smart ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Your sweaty gym shirt might seem like nothing more than evidence of a good workout, but cutting-edge technology is transforming that damp fabric into a sophisticated medical laboratory that can ...

A new scientific breakthrough could finally enable electricity-powered clothing that's suitable for everyday use. This new jacket from Ministry of Supply adjusts to our all crazy weather conditions It ...

The fingertips of a wireless voltage detection glove illuminates when the wearer’s hand approaches a live cable. Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items ...

In today’s rapidly evolving world, innovation is at the forefront of every industry, and manufacturing is no exception. One of the most exciting developments in manufacturing is the emergence of smart ...

While smart clothes seem like a cool idea in theory, in reality we’ve mostly been stuck with useless overpriced smart pajamas from Tom Brady, smart running shoes, and other dubious fitness recovery ...

The health wearables segment is largely dominated by chatter about smart rings, smartwatches, and bands. However, the concept of smart textiles has been around for a while, with names like Google ...

The dirty little secret of wearable tech is that mostly, it’s not. Most wearables are strappables. Or they’re add-ons: hard little chunks of plastic and metal and battery embedded in a shoe or ...

Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundry. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, ...

David Pescovitz has a nice round-up of the current state of ‘smart clothes,’ or “computer couture” as he’s calling it – textiles that do fun or intelligent or useful things, like dispense medicines, ...