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Smartly Dressed
Steve Frumkin
04/01/2005
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Textiles that can change color and become warm or cool have already appeared on the market, as have jackets with voice-activated computer systems and athletic shoes that react to a runner’s gait. Georgia Tech, MIT and other institutions have produced clothing that can keep track of soldiers in battle or patients with unstable conditions.
These garments are not readily available at the local mall, but that will change in the coming decade. As
with most technological advances, there will be an awkward imbalance between high cost and low demand, but gradually the two will align with each other. If our clothes could talk—someday they will—this is what they would tell us.  | Steve Frumkin is a professor
at the School of Textiles and Materials Technology at Philadelphia University. |
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