FlexiSense enables battery-free gesture recognition in textiles, suggesting new possibilities for wearable technology.
We present FlexiSense, a democratized toolkit designed to retrofit everyday clothing into battery-free interfaces for gesture recognition. Users can develop smart textiles by connecting and strategically placing relevant modules on garments, guided by detailed instructions. The system is self-powered by electromagnetic induction, harvesting kinetic energy from user movements. Gesture sensing relies on stretchable conductive fabrics, where resistance changes directly correspond to user actions. With low-power, multi-modal outputs for closed-loop interaction, this toolkit democratizes the creation of self-powered interactive apparel, opening new avenues in wearable computing and human-computer interaction.
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