The breakthrough promises to turn garments into intuitive, always-accessible AI assistants, Chinese media outlets reported.
Dubbed A-Textile, the fabric developed by a team led by researchers from Soochow University is soft, flexible and washable unlike conventional rigid and bulky acoustic devices.
It can harness the natural electrostatic charges generated on clothing when a person speaks. The researchers enhanced this effect by creating a multi-layered structure featuring a composite coating of 3D tin-sulfide nanoflowers embedded in silicone rubber, along with graphite-like carbonised textile.
The washable and lightweight AI-textile achieved a voice recognition accuracy of up to 97.5 per cent, enabling remote control of household appliances.
The research was recently published in Science Advances.
The researchers demonstrated its practical application by using it to wirelessly control smart home appliances, such as turning on and off an air conditioner and a lamp through simple voice commands.
It also successfully accessed cloud-based services, using voice commands to operate smartphone applications and engage with ChatGPT.
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