Textiles are everywhere – from the clothing we wear, cars we drive, and furniture we occupy to the roads we travel, bandages we use to heal, and structures that shelter us for protection, each fabric is carefully selected for its unique construction and properties.
But what if the clothing you wore could monitor your heart rate and transmit medical alerts to your doctor? Or if the bandages you affix to your skin didn’t just cover a wound but dispensed healing medication. Perhaps a construction worker would be interested in wearing a hard hat that can provide a warning about carbon monoxide poisoning based on fluids from the skin.