In the few years ago, some clothes had be called smart clothes in which be made from special materials and had specific functions, like heating, cooling, or sterilization and deodorization. But with the rise of wearable devices, smart clothes began to add more electronic features, or connect portable electronic devices, to provide more services.

The smart clothes in the COMPUTEX 2014 are all with electronic functions, most of them are sports purposes, can provide the function of monitoring various physiological data of body, including the heartbeat, body temperature, and electrolyte.

Compared to traditional body monitoring, the new generation of smart clothes is integrated conductive material directly into the clothes, no longer to be wearing belted. Thus, it is more convenient, more comfortable. As for the data collection and transmission device, is buckled on the outside clothes.

AiQ Smart Clothing is a fabric technology provider, currently provides a stainless steel textile materials for smart clothing. This material can be integrated to clothes, to provide a conductive function, thereby reaching physiological function monitoring. Besides, stainless steel is waterproof and durable, can be washed directly in general washing machine, without causing damage to its function. In addition to sports, the material can also be used for a wide range of some combination of the electronic functions required clothing.

Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) provides another conductive fabric, also can be integrated directly into clothing, and providing human biological function monitoring. TTRI stressed that their conductive fabric softer and more comfortable to wear. TTRI provides a way to authorize fabric technology, there are companies using its technology and applications in sportswear.