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It's an emerging field that includes robotics, 3D printing, machine vision and automation, and is expected to create thousands of jobs over the next decade.
The former CEO of Cotton Ginny, a serial entrepreneur who more recently ran a boutique investment and consulting firm, developed a line of clothing with built-in sensors to measure everything from heart rate and body temperature to posture and location. It s now undergoing trials in several hospitals. With textiles we have the ability to capture information continuously, says Ilaria Varoli, executive vice-president of the textile computing startup Myant Inc., which Chahine founded in 2010. The innovation starts at the yarn level, for example with extruded yarn or metal yarn … with sensors and actuators embedded into the textiles, she says. The idea is to make textiles the interface, but then it s processed through our innovative software platform.