'Imagine a shirt that can protect you from heart disease or a dress that sends you a text message telling you to take it easy when your vital signs go into the danger zone — imagine no more. European project BIOTEX has created just that. Clothes that monitor your body temperature and track your heart activity are already on the market but the European project BIOTEX goes one step further, using miniaturised sensors to analyse body fluids such as sweat.'
(http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=440834)

Developing smart fabrics such as BIOTEX has done can provide helpful warnings for people who want to be made aware if there is a problem with their body. But what if the clothing malfunctioned and gave improper readings to the wearer?? Could it make the subject spend money on pointless check-ups with the docotor, and provide unwanted stress?

The cost of developing smart fabrics often gets into the hundreds of thousands of dollars due to the sophisticated nature of the technology. In fact, many programs like BIOTEX's smart clothes can only take place through government funding and private investors. Plus, do we really need the smart fabrics? We've done without their applications for this long.

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Gossip Girl