Singapore Researchers Develop Machine-Washable Electronic Fabric GUI

• Researchers at the National University of Singapore developed a machine-washable electronic fabric.
• The fabric can turn clothing into an interactive graphical user interface (GUI).
• The prototype survived 50 gentle machine washes and 1,000 bending cycles.
• The fabric relies on external batteries and controllers for operation.
• The development could lead to clothing functioning as a pervasive, multimodal human–computer interface.