Microsoft will soon enter the smart textile market

Smart fabric (smart fabric) is one of the new potential fields and is receiving special attention from not only businesses but also consumers.

According to various studies conducted recently, the smart textile market will witness huge growth in the next few years due to rapid advances in research and development. the ability to apply smart cloth in many fields, making this material an integral part of the daily lives of billions of people around the world.

Many large technology companies have entered the smart textile market, including Google, Apple and Samsung. These businesses are now in the process of laying the groundwork for their promising intelligent fabric products. As a tech giant, Microsoft certainly doesn't want to slow down and lose part in this hearty party, and they will certainly soon be in the smart textile market.

A new Microsoft patent published by USPTO last month has shed some light on the smart fabric technology that will be the flagship card of giant Redmond in its mission to 'market'. The patent is titled: 'Electronically Functional Yarn', which describes in detail how electronic functional fabrics are arranged and distributed among ordinary fabrics. Put simply, Microsoft will create a piece of fabric that possesses modern computer-based technology with the core of intelligent electronic fibers woven into it.

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Basically, this patent can be understood as a special shirt, based on intelligent fabric technology. However, in fact, this technology is completely applicable to some other devices with the appearance of the outer textile surface, such as portable speakers, sports accessories, etc.

According to scientists, smart cloth can be applied in almost every industry, including sports and fitness, medical and healthcare, cars and transportation, home and architecture. , security / military, fashion and entertainment.