Intelligent textiles are fabrics and garments with integrated functionalities that can sense, store, process, and communicate information in a seamless, scalable, and unobtrusive manner (1). They create vast opportunities, ranging from monitoring physiological signals (2, 3) and daily physical interactions (4, 5) to powering smart-home devices (6). Challenges to achieving such materials include incorporating softness, flexibility, and breathability without losing desired functionality. However, present wireless modules, microprocessors, and analog-to-digital converters rely on intrinsically rigid integrated circuit chips (7) that consume high power and hinder coherent incorporation into soft fibers and textiles. On page 74 of this issue, Yang et al. (8) report a chipless fiber for wireless visual-to-digital transmission that senses interactions with the human body. The fibers can be woven into wearable fabric and could transform how people interact with the environment and with each other.

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智能纺织品前景光明

智能纺织品是具有集成功能的织物和服装，可以以无缝、可扩展和不引人注目的方式感知、存储、处理和交流信息（1）。它们创造了巨大的机会，从监测生理信号 ( 2 , 3 ) 和日常身体互动 ( 4 , 5 ) 到为智能家居设备供电 ( 6 )。实现此类材料的挑战包括在不失去所需功能的情况下兼具柔软性、柔韧性和透气性。然而，目前的无线模块、微处理器和模数转换器依赖于本质上刚性的集成电路芯片( 7 )，其消耗高功率并阻碍相干地并入软纤维和纺织品中。在本期第 74 页，Yang等人。 ( 8 ) 报告了一种用于无线视觉到数字传输的无芯片光纤，可感知与人体的相互作用。这些纤维可以编织成可穿戴的织物，并可以改变人们与环境以及彼此互动的方式。