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Sara Nabil, Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Queen's University, Ontario

Smart textiles may soon be able to control devices or monitor health

Imagine adjusting the temperature of the air conditioning or skipping a song in your car, not by fiddling with a screen or voice command, but simply by swiping your hand across the fabric of your seatbelt.

It sounds futuristic, but this is the direction automotive design could be shifting towards — away from screens and buttons, and towards multi-touch textiles that sense your gestures and respond to them.

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