Abstract:
Our clothes help define us, yet the fabrics we wear have remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years. Recent breakthroughs in fiber materials and manufacturing processes will soon allow us to design and produce fabrics that see, hear, sense, communicate, store and convert energy, regulate temperature, monitor health and change color. AFFOA, a national non-profit – backed by industry, academic, government, and venture capital – is leading a manufacturing-based revolution that will transform traditional fibers, yarns, and textiles into highly sophisticated, functionally integrated, and networked systems. For the first time, we will outline a technology and manufacturing capability roadmap, a ‘Moore’s law’ for fibers and fabrics. Learn how your needs and ideas can be met by AFFOA’s convergence of leaders in industry, government, and academia. Together, we can and will revolutionize fiber and textile manufacturing as we know it!