Ready to ware

Electronics and fabrics woven together (e-textiles) will make smart dressers of firefighters, football players, and fashionistas alike. The authors describe various prototypes that use the vast variety of fibers and fabrics that can be woven into clothing, carpets, upholstery, and wallcoverings. Coupled with fault-tolerant computing and network architectures, such e-textiles can constitute a platform for health monitoring, communications, multimedia devices, and changing decors.