Dress smart, really smart

Filed in archive Design on March 31, 2006

Computerized smart clothes to monitor cardiac health, muffle smells or download podcasts are in development by Sony Corp., Bosch Group, Motorola and DuPont, according to a UPI report.

The nanotechnology clothing can also change texture and tell a washing machine which cycle it should use. Soon smart apparel will advertise sexual availability and display its owner's changing emotions in kaleidoscopic color, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Soon, most garments may have some kind of microchip technology sewn in -- and for the sloppy, more and more clothes are including stain-resistant or spill-resistant finishes.