Smart Attire - Bringing Technology Into The Closet!
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008From Crossbow’s blog:
What is smart attire? To some it may be clothes that tell you when they are mismatched, or that figure out how to conform to your body type or inform you that these clothing articles do not belong on your body unless you look like Gisele Bundchen. Smart attire like that would soon get rid of the numerous ‘What not to wear’ blogs and shows we watch, but unfortunately, that is not what we are talking about today. Smart Attire is the next generation of attire that will embed computing and sensing power in clothes, aiding in the development of novel personal monitoring services such as healthcare for the elderly in the comfort of their own home, safety of people working in dangerous situations such as firefighters, construction workers, etc., personal and medical monitoring for joggers, bicyclists, etc. and even entertainment in offering a personal tourist guide system or for social networking. Smart attire can be useful in many ways to help, benefit and entertain those that use them by personally monitoring their environment and bringing technology into their wardrobe.
