Smart Fabrics and Wearable Electronics - The Future of Clothing

- Passive Smart: Where the clothing "reads" or senses the environment or something about the person wearing the clothing. Wearable sensors fall into this category, with examples including built-in GPS, clothing-integrated baby breathing monitors, and clothing that gives feedback about potential changes in weather.

"Intelligent" or "smart" clothing is part of an exciting technology that involves building computing, connectivity, and sensing abilities into materials people are comfortable wearing. Some of the latest products in this area are very fashionable, lightweight, and look no different than other clothes. In some cases, the electronic circuits that make up the brains of the wearable computers and sensors are sewn in. In others, the circuits and other components are literally built from conductive yarn and thread that makes up the clothing. The possibilities are amazing and limitless.

Smart Fabrics and Wearable Electronics - The Future of Clothing

- Active very smart: Where clothing has built in computing and or intelligent sensing capacity. Examples include sleeves that function as keyboards for a small handheld device, clothing that can function like a powerful calculator or PDA, and shirts that can store information through a built-in fabric keyboard and send it via Bluetooth to a computer.

Right now, as devices get smaller and smaller, we often find ourselves with a different electronic device in each pocket. Each technological advance shrinks these devices and integrates them with one another. It's only logical that as these portable devices that connect us, give us information, and allow us to be mobile get smaller and more powerful, we can eventually find ways to integrate right into the clothing we wear. Right now, technology has not progressed to that point, but this article will cover currently available forms of smart fabrics, or intelligent clothing.

There are actually three distinct types of smart clothing:

Other classifications of intelligent clothing include "phase change" and "shape memory" materials. Phase change materials literally change aspects such as their density in reaction to the environment, in order to increase comfort or functionality to the wearer. These clothes might become denser when it is cold and more porous when it is hot, for example. Shape memory materials can change from a temporary deformed shape back to an original shape. They can preserve a comfortable and loose fit regardless of changes in heat and moisture levels.

- Active Smart: Where clothing not only senses the environment, but also reacts to it. Examples include: Clothing that changes density depending on the temperature outside, jackets that store solar energy that can be used to charge cell phones and cameras, and even built-in sensors that can guide pinpoint massage to a wearer that is regulated depending on his or her level of stress.

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Uggs - More Then Just A Trend!

For the last four years, a new fashion trend has been sweeping the nation. Some have embraced it while others are amazed and confused by its success. This fashion trend is known as the Ugg boot. Although somewhat unconventional in appearance, Uggs has gained a huge following among all social groups and ages. Besides the fact that they are extremely trendy, its their incredible ability to keep feet warm in the bitterest cold of conditions who makes these boots so popular.

The Ugg boot is made with sheepskin instead of regular leather which helps you stay cool in the summer and keeps you warm and snug in the winter making it the perfect boot to wear in all seasons. If sheepskin is not your style, then fear not for the Ugg boot also has varieties that are made from leather and suede as well, from casual to cowboy styles. It also has a design that is meant for the more feminine women with a fleece on the outside of the boot.

But Uggs is more than just sheepskin boots; it has casual shoes, slippers as well as handbags and other accessories. Ugg casual shoes are comfortable, stylish, and great to wear in any occasion. Ugg slippers are warm and comforting and great to wear to bed or just sitting on the couch. Ugg also offers a full line of high-quality handbags and backpacks to match your Uggs. Ugg handbags and backpacks are made from high-quality leather and suede just like their boots and feature a comfortable and fashionable cotton web strap for convenience and style. A pair of Ugg boots, a matching Ugg handbag or backpack, and a pair of jeans is the perfect outfit for any casual event. With it, you will feel comfortable, look trendy, and be the envy of everyone around you.

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