Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Smart Fabrics
Imagine if your shirt could cool or warm you depending on the temperature. Or if it could tell if you’re having a heart attack and call an ambulance. Hi-tech clothes -- fabrics embedded with sensors and GPS -- could be on shelves soon. The first Smart Fabrics Summit is taking place in Washington today. We hear the details.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readImagine if your shirt could cool or warm you depending on the temperature. Or if it could tell if you’re having a heart attack and call an ambulance. Hi-tech clothes -- fabrics embedded with sensors and GPS -- could be on shelves soon. The first Smart Fabrics Summit is taking place in Washington today. We hear the details.
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The full episode
2 of 5The Rich-Poor Longevity Gap, Smart Fabrics, and Poet Robots- 0:00The Poor Live Longer in Los Angeles
- 9:09Smart FabricsYou’re reading this
- 18:01TV: L.A. in Prestige Comedies
- 27:25'A Murder Over a Girl'
- 42:37Poet Robots