A-Textile: 7.59g multi-layered fabric patch uses clothing's static electricity to let you chat with AI and control smart devices with 97.5% accuracy

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-fabric-patch-static-electricity-chat.html

"turns clothing into a kind of voice-activated microphone... sensors often bulky, rigid, uncomfortable, struggle to hear soft/ normal speaking voices, overcome with triboelectricity... moving makes layers rub together creating tiny electrostatic charge which vibrates slightly as you speak, generating 21 volt electrical signal representing your voice, boosted by embedded flower-shaped nanoparticles capturing charge/ preventing dissipation... signal sent wirelessly to smartphone/ computer hosting deep learning model"

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