The Road Of Intelligent Clothing Popularization And Popularization Is Still Long.

Do you buy smart clothing?

The development of science and technology is far beyond our imagination. We have not yet properly contacted smart bracelet and smart watch. The concept of smart clothing has quietly appeared around us.

At the Google I/O conference, which was not long ago, Google's advanced technology and project department announced cooperation with Levi's in designing "interactive textiles" to control electronic devices.

Clothing is something that everyone must have. Compared with the existing wearable devices, smart clothing covers a larger area of the body and contacts with the human body more closely, and the data obtained will be more accurate.

Is the timing right now?

At the Google I/O conference, which was not long ago, Google's advanced technology and project department announced the cooperation with Levi's in designing "interactive fabric", combining wearable technology with ordinary clothing, so as to seize the initiative in the field of smart clothing.

It is understood that this smart clothing "electronic components" woven into the fabric, users use their fingers to slide on the cloth, you can control the nearby electronic equipment.

If the research and development is successful, Google expects to have 26 million smart clothing listed in the US next year, and then open API to developers so that developers can design applications that can be used on clothing.

The reporter understands, at present, in the domestic market, the more popular is intelligent wear is smart shoes.

XTEP joined hands with 360 Baidu to join Baidu, and Lining worked with millet.

Brands are playing "crossover".

Taobao index shows that in the past month, the search index of smart shoes has increased by 48.1%, an increase of 218.7% over the same period last year.

In Taobao, Jingdong and other public platform, there are more and more smart clothes.

According to Long Jun, vice president of intelligent Ali, Ali has just set up "intelligent life division" this year, and is actively engaging with traditional enterprises in various fields.

According to Gartner's forecast report on smart clothing, sales of smart clothing will reach 26 million units in 2016, 7 million higher than that of the same year.

Industry: monitoring signs are more promising

Reporters interviewed found that most of the smart clothing is currently used to monitor the movement index.

Athos is one of the first enterprises to enter the field of smart clothing. EMG (electromyography) technology is used to integrate Ultra Miniature sensors into sportswear fibers. It mainly monitors the muscles of the chest, arms, buttocks and thighs, and is also used to monitor the intensity of movement and fitness through smart phone applications.

Sensoria displayed smart socks at the CES exhibition at the beginning of this year.

The smart socks also use special sensor fiber fabrics to detect related motion data, such as pace, walking speed, calorie burning and so on.

In addition to sports and entertainment, the industry is looking forward to smart clothes for their own health monitoring.

The industry believes that, as represented by smart watches.

Users hope that they can play a more significant role in life, such as monitoring the body indicators of elderly users, and treating them before any disease occurs, and using customized data to provide customized medical services.

It is understood that B-Shoe, a start-up company from Israel, has made a good attempt in this regard, and has launched a smart shoe that can prevent the old man from falling down.

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Equipped with pressure sensors, drive units, rechargeable batteries, and microprocessor, an advanced algorithm is integrated, with tracked shoes in the heel. When the elderly body is out of balance, the track will start immediately to regain balance.

Insufficient: high price and high difficulty in washing and nursing.

However, there are different opinions about smart clothes appearing on the market.

Many young people applaud, others think that "gimmicks are more practical."

The first concern is safety.

Take the smart shoe B-Shoe as an example, its function is to prevent the old man from falling down. But once the shoe breaks down, it starts the skid resistance without starting up. Is it necessary to become "skateboard shoes"? Unlike other wearable devices, the radiation problems of smart clothing due to the need for body wear also cause users' concerns.

Secondly, it is the price problem.

Many consumers think that this kind of clothing with high technology is not sure how much money it will cost to wear.

In fact, most of the smart clothing products sell for almost a thousand yuan at present, but Lining's smart shoes are divided into "fierce Jun" for running professionals and "Red Rabbit" for the general public at a price of 399 yuan and 199 yuan respectively.

At present, most smart clothing brands are seeking investment, and it is still a long time before they enter the consumer market in a large scale.

Third, clothing cleaning and wearing comfort are both problems.

Netizens Yuki said that clothes will be washed or dried in the washing machine, and will be rubbed with all kinds of strength. Can the cleaning materials of electronic components be cleaned? If the cleaning of smart clothes can only be dry cleaned, and it is likely to damage the electrical components in the cleaning process, it will be very difficult.

IT da man Xiao Chao also said that the sensor needs direct contact with the skin to work properly, so users can not wear any underwear, which is not very convenient for female users.

Because of the different shapes, especially women, the smart clothing needs to be tightly contacted with the skin, causing the trouble of dimensional design. Users will also be unacceptable to this kind of unusual and radiant clothing.

Experts: truly popularized as Shi Shangyuan

Although the future market of smart clothing is huge, but for smart clothing new product, it is not enough to replace the existing smart bracelet and smart watch. After all, there are still many problems.

Deng Ting, a senior Intertek of the international authoritative testing organization, thinks that from the production point of view, it is obviously more difficult to make intelligent clothing with various lines than to produce ordinary clothes, and the problem of the life of intelligent wearable equipment has not been solved.

"There are great differences between the environment of the electronic equipment factory and the garment factory. The high concentration of dust and heat often exists in clothing factories is not suitable for handling electronic components."

Experts believe that

The development of flexible and washable ultra small connector which can support electrical signal pmission between ordinary fabric and conductive fiber has high demand. The power supply can not be made too big and can not affect the appearance. Therefore, the real popularity is far from being fashionable.