Electronic textiles or e-textiles (often confounded with smart textiles) are fabrics that enable digital components such as a battery and a light (including small computers), and electronics to be embedded in them.
“Smart textiles” are fabrics that have been developed with new technologies that provide added value to the wearer. These materials offer ultimate application and benefits to humans.
Sustainability is vital to early adopters and trendsetters of new technologies: it is the basis of success and acceptance of up-and-coming products. But sustainability does not come out of anywhere and must be included in a product’s early stages. In the fashion, textile, and electronics industries, there is a growing movement for change to ensure that these industries reduce their societal and ecological footprint. These industries are amongst the most wasteful sectors globally, using enormous quantities of water, oil, and energy to produce items that are quickly discarded and replaced. They are gripped by overproduction to keep up with ever-changing consumer trends.
We are excited to show you more about how wearable and close-to-body technologies can reduce waste and give rise to new, sustainable business practices and products.
In this edition of “Wear It Live”, experts from all related fields are joining to discuss the role of wearables and close-to-body technologies in creating a sustainable future for the fashion, textile, and electronics industries.
The event takes place on Thursday the 4th of February 2021 at 6 pm – 8:00 pm CET
