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Touch and electronic textiles
I had once more the pleasure of participating in the e-textile summer camp 2017. The event is an annual gathering of professionals and practitioners in electronic textiles initiated by the girls from Kobakant.
This year, one of the trends was the use of capacitive sensing in textiles, which is this article's topic.
Capacitive sensing is the ability to measure a conductive material. With this data, you can figure out things like touch, proximity, acceleration, fluid level, humidity, etc. This type of sensing is helpful for various things, including wearables.
Institutions, designers, and artists have used and investigated interactive textiles since long ago. Throughout the text, I will introduce some of them. This article is far from a definitive list, and I am counting on your help to make it more complete and available. More on this later. Now, let’s go to the projects!
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