Thursday, October 23, 2008

Fibretronic puts a new spin on Interactive Textiles

Let's face it, most of these garments, bags, etc. that have some degree of added capability (whether by electric controls, solar panels, etc) are pretty expensive...and this is a detriment to the market because it seriously limits your consumer base. Aside from that, I'll wager that individual consumer tastes change at a much more rapid pace than this type of technology can keep pace with. Enter Fibretronic's ConnectedWear...


The idea is that the largest cost drivers (control modules, etc) are separated from the soft-goods and can be purchased separately. So we could theoretically buy several cheaper "enabled" garments and only one control module.

Exactly how much this will lower the barriers to entry for other remains to be seen, but hopefully this will catch on. Anyone else think this is a good idea?

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