Where are our useful futuristic clothes already?

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Where are our useful futuristic clothes already?

Much of the apparel on offer now seems aimed at simply connecting clothing-based sensors to the wearer’s phone. Beyond giving new meaning to the phrase “smartly dressed,” these connected threads seem largely aimed at allowing us to avoid touching our other smart devices by letting us double-tap our cuffs or collars to perform certain digital functions. But how revolutionary is smart clothing that merely saves us getting our phones out? Where is the truly avant-gardeor at least more functional—attire we were promised by the movies?

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