smart fabric

Tech-embedded cloth material

Smart fabric is textile material engineered to sense and respond to environmental conditions or stimuli—temperature, moisture, pressure, or electrical signals.

Some smart fabrics change properties automatically, like moisture-wicking athletic wear or temperature-regulating bedding.

Others incorporate electronics: Her jacket had smart fabric that could charge her phone.

Also called intelligent textiles or e-textiles.

Related

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Opposites
technological capability

smart fabricnatural fiber

Material from living sources

raw cotton · homespun cloth

complexity and manufacturing

smart fabrichomespun

Plain and unpretentious

burlap · muslin · linen · canvas · raw cotton

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G