Infineon has created is a 1.25-inch-square MP3 player, controlled by a half-inch-square chip, that is woven into a jacket. The 8g unit uses a small battery and a multimedia card (MMC), but is otherwise invisible to the user, all its functions being controlled by voice commands.
Infineon’s technology, announced in April as the culmination of two years of research, allows for microprocessors, sensors and connectors to be integrated into ordinary fabrics that can be washed or dry-cleaned, according to the company. “We did a lot of tests. We used washing machines, we also ironed it,” said spokesman Reiner Schoenrock. “It is durable.”
As a result, Infineon believes its first wearable products could be ready in a year and could be in mass production in two years.
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