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Textiles & Apparel · Recorded milestone

Conductive smart textiles

Recorded year2015

Google's Project Jacquard weaves touch-sensitive threads into clothing.

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Built on

TouchscreenRecorded · 1965enables
SmartphoneRecorded · 1994enables

Led to

Full-body haptic suitRecorded · 2018enables
Clothes that monitor and treatRecorded · 2022enables
Clothes that generate powerForecast · ~2030enables
Muscle-assisting clothesForecast · ~2035enables
Climate-adaptive clothingForecast · ~2050enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.