On second thought, electronic clothing is way cooler than matching bodysuits. That industry is slowly gaining momentum, and it includes a fairly vast array of possibilities. At present, it’s almost totally speculation, because there’s always been the issue of powering electronic clothing. That hurdle may have finally been jumped. A journal piece in ACA Journal Nano Letters announced the creation of solar-powered batteries that can be woven into textiles. The electrode composite and nickel would literally be inside the fiber strands woven into a shirt.

 

The technology itself opens a world that, until now, has been nothing more than speculation.