<h2>Who Are You Wearing?</h2>
A bendable, thread-like battery could power next-generation wearables — and you can sew it into an item of clothing like any other piece of embroidery.
One use for the battery system, which is the brainchild of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemist Trisha Andrew: giving people with diabetes a discreet way to power devices that monitor blood sugar levels.
<h2>Paying for the Logo</h2>
In research <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b08408">published last month</a> in the journal ACS: Applied Materials &amp; Interfaces, the system stored and transferred an electrical charge just as well when crumpled, bent, and rolled up as it did when laid flat.
That demonstrates that the system can be sewn into clothes and survive the usual wear and tear of everyday life, hopefully granting a greater degree of autonomy and freedom to people who might normally need to be cautious with larger battery packs.
<h2>Permanent Press</h2>
But like all of the <a href="https://futurism.com/electricity-generating-clothing-is-officially-a-reality">other cool developments</a> in garments that store or generate power, this system hasn’t hit the market. Rather, last month&#8217;s research is still at the proof-of-concept stage. We know it works conceptually, but that’s about it.
Thankfully, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.201700415">according to a 2017 study Andrew conducted</a>, these textile battery systems can survive laundering and ironing. If it needed to be threaded in and out of a shirt each time people need to run a load of whites, it probably wouldn&#8217;t be worth the hassle.
[Editor&#8217;s Note: November 12, 2018 10:30 AM: This article has been updated to include research showing that the battery device could withstand laundering and ironing.]
READ MORE: <a href="http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-materials-scientist-creates">UMass Amherst Materials Scientists Create Fabric Alternative to Batteries for Wearable Devices</a> [UMass Amherst News &amp; Media Relations]
More on high-tech fashion: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/graphene-jacket-vollebak">You Can Now Buy The World’s First Graphene Jacket, And It’s Everything You Want It To Be</a>

A new battery can be stitched into clothes to power wearables

Fashion And Function

A new charge-storing system looks like a fabric that can be stitched into whatever you're wearing that day, helping discretely power biosensors.

A New Battery Can Be Stitched Into Clothes to Power Wearables

Instead of a bulky battery pack, it looks like any other embroidered logo.

We&#8217;re officially one step closer to <a href="https://futurism.com/when-will-humanoid-robots-enter-our-homes-and-transform-our-lives/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">living like the Jetsons</a>. Well, one arm closer, at least.
Researchers from Georgia Tech are working on a robot that can help a person get dressed. So far, it can successfully thread one sleeve of a dressing gown onto a person&#8217;s arm. So, not exactly the same technology that helped <a href="https://youtu.be/-0S3Jf-NxdI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Jetson get ready for work</a> each day. But it&#8217;s a start.
The team plans to present its research <a href="https://icra2018.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)</a> in Australia next week.
The robot is a PR2, <a href="http://www.willowgarage.com/pages/pr2/overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a pre-built bot</a> that researchers can modify to perform a number of (mostly menial) tasks, from <a href="https://www.wired.com/2011/06/yes-a-laundry-folding-robot/">folding laundry</a> to <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/pr2-robot-latte">making a latte</a>. To train their PR2 to help people get dressed, the Georgia Tech team first let it analyze almost 11,000 simulated examples of a robot putting a dressing gown onto a person’s arm. These simulations, taken from <a href="https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9dd9/e11654b5e941f8c6368ffe42e79e807e26e5.pdf">prior research</a>, estimated the force needed to place a garment on various parts of the human’s arm as the robot attempted to dress them.
Some simulations depicted the robot successfully completing the task, while others displayed alarming failures, such as the bot applying &#8220;dangerous forces to the arm,&#8221; according to <a href="http://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/05/14/robot-teaches-itself-how-dress-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Georgia Tech news release</a>. Don&#8217;t do that, robot. Arms are not meant to be crunched by robot hands.
After just a single day of analyzing these simulations, the PR2&#8217;s neural network learned about how much force it would need for each of the different motions it applied to the human&#8217;s arm. Essentially, it learned what it would &#8220;feel like&#8221; to be on the human end of the equation, as the Georgia Tech release notes.
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The robot also learned exactly which motions it would need to put on that sleeve in a way that would be easiest for the human wearer. If the robot pulled the gown in a particular way, it might be hard for the person to slip their hand in the hole (that&#8217;s not ideal), while pulling it another might slip the gown easily over an elbow or shoulder.
Once the PR2 proved it could successfully simulate the task, the team brought out its human subjects. Through some real-world trial and error, the researchers figured out that the robot achieved the best results when it was able to &#8220;think&#8221; about one-fifth of a second ahead of executing each action.
Now, it takes the robot about 10 seconds to pull a gown over a person&#8217;s arm. Pretty good, right? Fully dressing a person in a gown, however, is still several steps away; dressing a person in clothing other than a hospital gown is an even more remote possibility. And given how many steps it took just to do a single sleeve, it might take a long time to get there.
Being naked in front of a robot that isn&#8217;t totally sure how much force to exert on your body might be a scary prospect to the average person. But if the researchers can train the PR2 to place an entire hospital gown (we&#8217;re talking both sleeves), it could prove life-changing for the 1 million Americans the researchers estimate can&#8217;t get dressed on their own, either due to advanced age or physical ailment.
A robot that could do that might relieve some of the <a href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2015/12/coping-caregiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">work caregivers and nurses</a> do every day. That would be a the top priority, of course. But someday, if the robots get even more sophisticated, they could give the average person a few more minutes in their day by taking on some of our more menial tasks, including the burden of dressing ourselves.

The robot could be life-changing for people who are unable to get dressed on their own.

Don’t be shy. This AI robot just wants to help you get dressed.

Robots & Machines

Researchers from Georgia Tech taught a PR2 robot how to pull a dressing gown over a person's arm, the first step in teaching it to fully clothe someone.

Don’t Be Shy. This AI Robot Just Wants to Help You Get Dressed.

It can only put one human arm into a hospital dressing gown, but, hey, it's a start. 

We&#8217;ll pay you for 3D scans of your body.
No, it&#8217;s not a proposition you&#8217;d find on Craigslist. We&#8217;re asking for a friend — that is, for Amazon.
Those scans are part of the company&#8217;s latest <a href="https://futurism.com/amazon-schemes-real-fake-quiz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(almost) too-weird-to-be-true project</a>. According to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-studies-body-sizes-to-get-that-perfect-clothing-fit-1525355115?mod=e2fb&amp;tesla=y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report from The Wall Street Journal</a>, Amazon is offering $250 gift cards to people willing to send in 10 3D body scans over the course of 20 weeks. The goal of the project, Amazon says, is to improve the retailer&#8217;s understanding of how bodies change shape over time.
The WSJ claims to have seen the online survey Amazon is using to solicit participants for this project. The survey reportedly includes questions about the person&#8217;s current weight, their fitness level, and any plans for future weight loss. It also notes that the 3D body scans would require 30 minutes each and occur in New York City.
When asked about the body scan project, an Amazon spokeswoman told the WSJ she “couldn’t comment on rumor or speculation.”
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Amazon’s 3D body scanning unit, which sprung out of its <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/body-labs-a-3d-human-body-modeling-startup-is-now-part-of-amazon/">2017 acquisition of Body Labs</a>, a New York-based computer vision startup, sent invites asking people if they were interested in participating. If so, those people needed to fill out an online survey. From those survey results, the unit will choose its participants.
Prior to its acquisition, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/03/amazon-has-acquired-3d-body-model-startup-body-labs-for-50m-70m/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Body Labs&#8217; website reportedly noted</a> its tech could &#8220;be used by fashion e-commerce retailers wanting to offer sizing recommendations,&#8221; and that might have played a part in Amazon&#8217;s interest in the company.
Because of free shipping and lax return policies, people are <a href="https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/ecommerce-return-rates">returning stuff</a> they bought online pretty darn often — 20 percent of purchases bought online are returned, compared to the 9 percent for items purchased in store. Essentially, people are using their homes like fitting rooms, ordering multiple sizes of items and returning whatever doesn&#8217;t fit.
Digital Commerce 360 <a href="https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2017/12/21/handle-returns-selling-many-online-marketplaces/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has a suggestion</a> for e-retailers looking to decrease returns: make sure the customer knows exactly what they&#8217;re buying. That&#8217;s difficult because clothing sizes — especially for women — <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-womens-clothes-sizes-are-bizarre-2016-8">vary pretty widely</a>. A person who wears a medium in one brand might find a small more suitable in another.
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Startups have popped up to address the problem of trying to buy something online that fits when S, M, and L are effectively meaningless.
<a href="http://www.savitude.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Savitude</a>, an online marketplace for women, is using visual recognition technology to match items in a retailer&#8217;s inventory with one of nine body types. The idea is that customers will then purchase items expected to suit their shape, not necessarily their size. Meanwhile, Swedish startup <a href="https://www.virtusize.com/site/how-it-works" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virtusize</a> created a platform that lets users compare the dimensions of clothes they already own with online items they&#8217;re considering.
For the best fit possible, startup <a href="https://ca.la/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CALA</a> lets users upload photos of themselves. Those photos are then matched to one of the 1,000 3D body scans in CALA&#8217;s database, and fashion designers customize pieces to fit those specifications (and for prices like that, they better).
Until Amazon decides to speak on its 3D body scan project, though, there&#8217;s no way of knowing just how it plans to use its body scans. For now, though, we&#8217;ll optimistically assume they&#8217;re for a project like CALA&#8217;s, and <a href="https://futurism.com/amazon-schemes-real-fake-quiz/">not something else much creepier</a>.

Remember when humans tailored all our clothes for us? Amazon (may) want a future in which that's no longer necessary.

Ill-fitting clothes: One less thing to deal with in the future

Future Society

Amazon wants to take 3D body scans of volunteers, presumably as part of a project to ensure clothing fit as expected when purchased online.

Ill-Fitting Clothes: One More Thing We (Probably) Won't Have to Deal With in the Future

Amazon wants you to send lots of 3D scans of your body so you never need to return clothes you bought online.

Ill-Fitting Clothes: One More Thing We (Probably) Won’t Have to Deal With in the Future

Would you wear sneakers made from kelp? What if they looked as stylish as any other shoe, and could help reduce the massive impact of the textile industry?
A new textile component called bioyarn could be behind your next environmentally friendly shoes, and seaweed is its secret. The material, developed by the startup Algiknit, is robust enough to be used in footwear, doesn&#8217;t dissolve in water, and can even by dyed.
AlgiKnit&#8217;s pitch is simple: it&#8217;s a bad idea to produce trainers that people might wear out in two years, but won&#8217;t biodegrade for decades or even centuries. They call this concept &#8220;just-in-time degradability.&#8221;
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<a href="https://futurism.com/dystopian-robot-tailor-makes-terrible-shirts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The fashion industry</a> is known to have a massive impact on the environment, and the materials used to make shoes are particularly troublesome. For example, raising cattle for their leather produces a high amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and current cotton methods are described by the <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/cotton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Wildlife Fund (WWF)</a> as &#8220;environmentally unsustainable.&#8221; It takes 20,000 liters of water to produce enough cotton for a single t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
The recent trend of &#8220;fast fashion&#8221; is making things worse, with clothes being designed to be replaced quickly. Outdated outfits are rarely re-used: in the U.S. alone, 13 trillion tons of clothing end up in landfills every year, according to <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/07/26/fast-fashion-is-a-disaster-for-women-and-the-environment/#10f965691fa4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report from Forbes</a>.
AlgiKnit is taking the &#8220;if you can&#8217;t beat them, join them&#8221; approach. Its shoes AlgiKicks are designed so that they can be <a href="https://futurism.com/plastic-decomposition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broken down by microorganisms</a>, putting the nutrients they contain to good use – but the designers behind the project promise that they won&#8217;t start to degrade while you&#8217;re still wearing them.

They are biodegradable - but will last for as long as you wear them.

Seaweed sneakers look fly, could help save the environment

New sneakers offer an environmentally friendly alternative to polluting textiles. They are made from kelp and are biodegradable.

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

The pitch: "Just-in-time degradability."

<h2>A Tailored Task</h2>
Machine learning and artificial intelligence have been used for several exciting tasks in recent years, including <a href="https://futurism.com/machine-learning-is-aiding-in-the-fight-against-mental-illness/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helping fight against mental illness</a>, discovering <a href="https://futurism.com/videos/nasa-using-machine-learning-identify-new-exoplanets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new exoplanets</a>, and <a href="https://futurism.com/researchers-created-ai-system-teaches-itself-new-languages/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teaching AI systems new languages</a>.
There&#8217;s one task that AI hasn&#8217;t mastered: making clothing. It probably seems a little mundane compared to exploring the universe, but for most of us, finding a good shirt is more useful than finding a new planet.
A California-based clothing company has been trying to help AI make the move from the fabric of the cosmos to just&#8230;well, fabric. <a href="https://originalstitch.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Original Stitch </a>lets users create their own button-up dress shirts. The company once tested a service that claimed to be able to make accurately-sized dress shirts using nothing more than a photo of a similar shirt for reference.
Considering that many of us buy clothes online simply hoping they&#8217;ll fit, the concept was a savvy one. Even if we get the shirt and it doesn&#8217;t fit, how many of us would admit that we ended up just keeping the shirt, rather than trying to wrangle what was required to ship it back?
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While it sounded good in theory, as Bloomberg&#8217;s Pavel Alpeyev and Jason Clenfield found out, Original Stitch&#8217;s ambitious goal to use AI to make shirts ultimately wasn&#8217;t up to the task. <a href="computer-vision software" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to the pair</a>, the first shirt they ordered was &#8220;too tight around the chest and too long in the sleeves.&#8221; The second (presumably made with the aid of a higher quality photo of the desired shirt) had similar issues. The third attempt couldn&#8217;t be buttoned up at all. Given it&#8217;s true that some people do wear shirts unbuttoned — but if you bought a shirt expecting to button it up, its inability to do so is understandably disappointing.
<h2>A Stitch in Time</h2>
Perhaps unsurprisingly, once it was established that the service wasn&#8217;t succeeding, it was taken down. As of December when the company shuttered the service, Original Stitch founder Jin Koh told Alpeyev and Clenfield that the service is obviously &#8220;still in beta.&#8221;
Koh is currently working on an improved version of the computer-vision software behind the service, which could be released later this year. Instead of using one photo, the updated version will require three: one of the desired shirt, another of the wearer’s chest, and the third photo of the wearer&#8217;s chest from the back.
For the user, it&#8217;s a little more work than the first iteration of the service (imagine asking a friend to take a picture of your back). If it works, having the ability to buy tailored clothes online would likely be appealing — especially if it eliminates the need for going to the store and trying on clothes in the dressing room, for those who dislike doing so.
We&#8217;ve known for a while that automation is <a href="https://futurism.com/automation-replace-staggering-number-workers-major-cities/?src=featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected to impact</a> many industries in the years to come, but who could&#8217;ve ever guessed tailors would be at risk of being replaced by robots?

Tailors don't have to worry about robots coming for their jobs just yet.

Dystopian robot tailor makes terrible shirts

It probably seems a little mundane compared to exploring the universe, but for most of us, finding a good shirt is more useful than finding a new planet.

Dystopian Robot Tailor Makes Terrible Shirts

Imagine a future where you never have to try on clothes again. 

<h2>Hot Hands</h2>
A team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have <a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-09-electrically-textiles.html" target="_blank">developed a way to create electrically heated cloth</a>.
Materials scientist <a href="http://www.chem.umass.edu/faculty/andrew.html" target="_blank">Trisha Andrew</a> explains they took a plain pair of cotton gloves and used a vapor deposition method for nano-coating fabric to coat the fingers in a polymer known as poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), or PEDOT. A coin battery weighing 1.8 grams (0.0039 lbs.) provides power to the gloves, but not enough power to pass through the skin and cause harm.
“We took a pair of cotton gloves and coated the fingers to allow a small amount of current to pass through, so they heat up,&#8221; <a href="http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/electrically-heated-textiles-now-possible" target="_blank">said Andrew</a>. &#8220;It’s regular old-fashioned cotton cloth. We chose to make a pair of gloves because the fingers require a high curvature that allows us to show that our material is really flexible.&#8221;
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The test gloves the team made kept fingers warm for about eight hours, though switching to a <a href="https://futurism.com/new-instantly-rechargeable-battery-deals-a-fatal-blow-to-fossil-fuels/" target="_blank">rechargeable battery</a> was suggested, as it would enable longer use. They also continued to work after being ripped, repaired, charged over night, and even when submerged in water. The last scenario is especially useful as it means the gloves won&#8217;t shock anyone wearing them while in the rain or snow.
Gloves aren&#8217;t the only clothing the team is experimenting with, though, as they&#8217;ve also coated cotton yarn often used in sweaters. The material yielded favorable results, suggesting the coating method can be used for more than small articles of clothing.

Researchers use electricity to make wearable heated gloves

Hard Science

A University of Massachusetts Amherst team developed a way to create electrically heated cloth. The tech is waterproof, and scalable for larger clothing,

Researchers Use Electricity to Make Wearable Heated Gloves

The gloves were able to keep the wearer's fingers warm for eight hours.

Sci-Fi Visions

This Stain- and Odor-Repellant Fabric Is a Dream Come True

<h2>Power Suits</h2>
Conventional notions on the <a href="https://futurism.com/images/future-fashion-3d-printed-clothing/">technology of fabrics </a>typically center on better manufacturing of clothes, or integrating images or displays into clothing.
But what if your clothes could actually power your devices? That&#8217;s what an international team of researchers set out to do, creating cloth that <a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/renewables/walk-around-in-the-sun-to-power-your-phone-with-this-cloth/">could power devices</a> by two distinct means.
The scientists from Georgia Tech and Chongqing University were able to create textiles that generate power from both sunlight and movement, interweaving plastic fiber solar cells and fiber-based generators that create electricity when rubbed against each other.
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They were able to make the solar component by making light-sensitive zinc oxide nanowires on manganese and copper-coated plastic wires. Additionally, they took advantage of something called the triboelectric effect for motion harvesting. Their textile uses thin flat strips of copper coated with a Teflon-like polymer act as triboelectric generators.
“This hybrid power textile presents a novel solution to charging devices in the field from something as simple as the wind blowing on a sunny day,” said <a href="http://www.news.gatech.edu/2016/09/13/new-fabric-uses-sun-and-wind-power-devices">Zhong Lin Wang</a>, one of the authors of the study, <a href="http://www.news.gatech.edu/2016/09/13/new-fabric-uses-sun-and-wind-power-devices">in a statement.</a>
<h2>Powered Clothing</h2>
<a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2015/acs-presspac-march-4-2015/energy-generating-cloth-could-replace-batteries-in-wearable-devices.html">This energy generating cloth </a>is also able to harvest energy from motion and pressure. It is a silvery textile coated with nanorods and a silicon-based organic material. Pressure generated from pressing down on four cloth pieces were able to power light-emitting diodes, a liquid crystal display and a vehicle’s keyless entry remote. There are some very interesting possibilities of such technology. Not only could it be used to power consumer electronics, but the medical field could also benefit from such a portable, integrated energy source.
On the other hand, other efforts have been on <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/chemist-designer-team-up-to-weave-solar-panels-into-fabric-180960431/?no-ist">integrating solar technology</a> with fabrics. Since the technology&#8217;s original <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn618-power-dressing/">study in 2001</a>, advancements have been made with decreasing weight, breathability, and types of fabrics the integrated technology can accommodate.

Earth & Energy

With the advent of triboelectric generators in cloth, soon we will be able to power our devices with our clothing.
The integration of solar and motion generated energy with textiles will allow for a vast array of practical applications in consumer electronics as well as medicine.

Electricity-Generating Clothing is Officially a Reality

The clothing of tomorrow may power your devices.

Soon you’ll have to match your accessories to your clothing’s animation.

Virtuality

Soon you'll have to match your accessories to your clothing's animation.

High-Tech Haute Couture: The New Colletion That Blends High Fashion With Augmented Reality

<h2>PRETTY IN PLASTIC</h2>
Avant-garde fashion collective, <a href="http://www.threeasfour.com/">threeASFOUR</a>, flaunted their new 3D printed dress at the <a href="http://nyfw.com/">New York Fashion Week</a> Spring/Summer 2017.
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The eye-catching plastic dress, named <a href="http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160915-threeasfour-presents-colorful-and-stunning-3d-printed-oscillation-dress-at-nyfw.html">Oscillation</a>, is the highlight of threeASFOUR&#8217;s Quantum Vibrations collection. “We got very interested in the geometric shapes which lie beneath vibration,” says designer Gabi Asfour. “We spent a long time researching them and discovered that there are very specific formations that happen under certain frequencies. These formations reminded us of prints and other designs, a bit like tribal tattoos.”
The intricate dress designs are a collaboration of threeASFOUR and designer <a href="http://www.fitchwork.com/">Travis Fitch</a>, and <a href="http://www.stratasys.com/">Stratasys</a>, a 3D printing company took over the printing of the dresses. This particular dress in question is composed of 30 separate multi-material, multi-color 3D printed parts, assembled from 270 design files.
In <a href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/quantum-physics-3d-printed-dress/">an interview by DigitalTrends</a> Asfour said:
<blockquote>“We approach 3D printing as a source of tactile fabrics of the future, which can have some very special properties. For example, we see the possibility of materials that are heat resistant or cooling, things like that. Right now, we’re still at the start of that journey — and what interests me is the possibility of different interlocking weaves that would not be possible to achieve in any other way. The same is true of the shapes you can achieve compared to traditional fashion cutting methods. 3D printing is both function and form.&#8221;</blockquote>
<h2>PRINT A DRESS</h2>
With the success of the 3D printed dress, it may not be long before designers begin mass producing this type of apparel. Even further into the future, we could be printing our own clothing at home. Have nothing to wear? Go and print something, quick!
3D printing is truly one avenue of the future of fashion. It may seem industrial, at times. But the dresses look anything but. In fact, they&#8217;re quite pretty.
&#8220;I think it’s going to alter the fashion industry enormously — and in ways we can’t even start to imagine yet,” said Asfour.
Still on the fence of this new trend? Here are some other stunning creations from different designers that might change your mind:
<figure style="width: 785px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2016/09/Petals-Dress-triptych_2000px.jpg" alt="Kinematic Petal Dress by Nervous System. Credit: Nervous System" width="785" height="380" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Kinematic Petal Dress by Nervous System. Credit: Steve Marsel</figcaption></figure>
<figure style="width: 738px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="" src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2016/09/raviv.png" alt="Two pieces from Noa Raviv's Hard Copy Collection. Credit: Noa Raviv" width="738" height="493" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Two pieces from Noa Raviv&#8217;s Hard Copy Collection. Credit: Noa Raviv</figcaption></figure>
<figure style="width: 751px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="" src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2016/09/3d-printing-a-corset.jpg" alt="Smock Corset by Marina Hoermanseder and Julia Koerner Credit: Stefan Kraul" width="751" height="501" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Smock Corset by Marina Hoermanseder and Julia Koerner Credit: Stefan Kraul</figcaption></figure>
<figure style="width: 688px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="" src="https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2016/09/3d-dress_0002_Layer-31.jpg" alt="Kinematic Dress 1 by Nervous System Credit: Steve Marsel" width="688" height="516" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Kinematic Dress 1 by Nervous System Credit: Steve Marsel</figcaption></figure>

3D printing is making waves in the fashion industry. At the recent New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017, threeASFOUR paraded 'Oscillation,' a dazzling 3D printed dress that could very well be the clothing of tomorrow.

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