Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART e-PANTS)
.... Background & Scope:
New enabling research to transfer many of the capabilities of rigid wearable
electronics into ASTs has surfaced, including weavable, conductive polymer
“wires”, energy harvesters powered by the body, computers and other electronic
components that are printable on cloth and that run on nanoamps of
power, microphones that behave like threads and “scrunchable” batteriesthat can function after multiple deformations. To transfer this research into AST
products however, revolutionary new materials and manufacturing techniques are
needed to develop textile-friendly system components that resemble garments
rather than rigid structures....
As a side note, back in the early years of this century, especially immediately after the mass murders of 9/11, it was thought that investing alongside In-Q-Tel was the cool thing to do.
It took a while for the realization to sink in that they weren't necessarily in it for the money return to the VC's.
Paging M. Macron: "CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care Products That Collect DNA"
