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CPI Collaborates with Pireta Limited on Smart Clothing Project

Coats individual fibers with metal on fabrics in selective patterns without changing its physical and mechanical properties.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is collaborating on a project to support the development of next-generation smart clothing. Working with Pireta Limited, CPI is aiding scale-up of wearable technology in textiles.   The technology coats individual fibers with metal on fabrics in selective patterns without changing its physical and mechanical properties. This enables wearable electronics to be more discreet, as the electrodes are integrated into the fabric.   CPI, with its expertise in hybr...

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