WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville | E-textiles: the latest technology coming out of Virginia Tech
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Researchers at Virginia Tech are stitching for the future.
They are making smart clothes.
It's call e-textiles and the "e" stands for electronic.
Tom Martin and his group of students are weaving computers and wires into fabrics.
Right now, they're using an industrial loom to make a rug filled with sensors.
They say the rug could be used to sense a crowded room and help to direct traffic to another exit.
Researchers say the technology is about five years away from going mainstream.
