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The Government is funding over $20 million for the development of Surveillance Clothing called SMARTePANTS (www.iarpa.gov)

submitted 1 year ago by DangerZ0ne@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] mwalimu@baraza.africa 1 points 1 year ago

Which government? Don’t assume the US to be THE universal government. 😀

[–] diseasedolm@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The technology they are proposing to develop to do this sounds pretty sick tho:

""" weavable conductive polymer “wires”, energy harvesters powered by the body, ultra-low power printable computers on cloth, microphones that behave like threads, and “scrunchable” batteries that can function after many deformations. """

[–] archengel@nichenerdery.duckdns.org 1 points 1 year ago

However they don't seem to have any of that tech yet:

"In order to transfer this research into AST products, revolutionary new materials and manufacturing techniques are needed to develop complete and integrated systems containing mechanically deformable and durable: 1) power sources, 2) sensors, 3) computation and data storage, and 4) electrically conductive system component “wires” and interconnects."