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[ MARKETS ] ADVANCED TEXTILES
 Supercapacitor yarns
integrated in a fabric for
powering LEDs. North Carolina
State University researchers
have found a way to prevent
electrical malfunctions in yarns
designed to store electrical
energy. Photo: Nanfei He
Dreaming big
The IARPA program will
give smart textiles research
major support.
by Janet Preus
G
overnment contracts, historically, have been a major source
of funding for research and development in the advanced
textiles world. An example of this significant commitment
was announced last summer with a new program through The
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). It
introduced its Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile
Systems (SMART ePANTS) initiative to potential proposers,
seeking to develop sophisticated new smart systems in wearables,
making a garment that can " see, hear and locate. " The goal is
for these systems to be incorporated into garment components,
especially fibers, yarns and fabric.
What's particularly significant for the smart textile industry
is the size and scope of an IARPA program. A project of the U.S.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, IARPA invests in
high-risk, high-payoff research programs to address some of the
most difficult challenges of the agencies and disciplines in the
Intelligence Community (IC).
A new approach
" It's the holistic approach that's going to get us to a product, " says
Dawson Cagle, Ph.D., SMART e-PANTS program manager for
IARPA. " People have not invited proposals to bring everything
together, so that's what we're trying to do at IARPA. "
" I'm excited about the program because I think we have an
opportunity to usher in the next generation of the Internet of
Things, " Cagle says. " Yes, I am thinking of textiles. We've moved
computers into our smart phones. This is the chance to move
computers into our clothing. "
E-textiles and smart clothing are not altogether new, but larger
success for these technologies has been stalled. " Most people who
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