Once confined to fiction movies, Mark L of Iron man is gradually coming to life in our real world. With nanotech being under the cusp of major transformation, growth in the smart clothing industry has increased by leaps and bounds.

According to a report released by a business consulting firm Grand View Research, the global smart fabrics market was worth $878.9 million in 2018, and it’s expected to reach $5.55 billion by 2025, with North America having the largest market share.

After rigid technologies like smartwatches and fitness trackers, the wearable market is being further invaded by smart clothing. However being sold as wearable tech, most of the time it turns out being cumbersome, awkward or never really working as it was expected to be. Nevertheless, the talk of a new feature is just around the corner.

With wear-ability in mind, unlike the existing technology, the evolving smart clothing has no impact on the handle, drape, stretch or breathability of the fabric. It is a fresh piece of tech that allows assembling electronic systems directly onto garments, enabling a new generation of truly-wearable smart clothing.

List of Smart Clothing Technology Booming the Textile Industry

DuPont Intexar

DuPont Advanced Materials has created electronic ink and film tech technology called DuPont Intexar. This technology can be directly embedded into the garment for easy and seamless integration into multiple apparel applications such as fitness, heat, and health; and has already been integrated into the Owlet Band wearable, which monitors a baby during pregnancy.

#Wearable #technology that enhances #performance clothing#PrintedElectronics #DuPont #Intexar https://t.co/b8RDgn65hX pic.twitter.com/KleRlDJp6R
— Butler Technologies (@Butler_Tech) August 29, 2018

iTBra

Cyrcadia’s development of the iTbra uses heat sensors to track the temperature fluctuations in a woman’s breasts. From this data, it maps out the wearer’s circadian pattern, or daily norms and helps determine the presence of cancer.

Technological advancements in healthcare, like the ITBra, are changing the way doctors fight against breast cancer. #BCAM pic.twitter.com/L48192N5M0
— Detected Movie (@detectedmovie) October 26, 2017

RFID Microchip

Microchip implants are now being used to replace keys and passwords. Though not on textiles, these microchips are being directly embedded into the body parts like the fingertips. The chip uses near-field communication (NFC) or radio-frequency identification (RFID) and is similar to the chips used to track lost pets. The U.S. military is reportedly considering using RFID chips to keep track of its troops around the world.

Pireta’s e-textile

The UK startup Pireta aims at innovating the wearable technology. Pireta’s technology creates genuinely wearable smart clothing without impacting the comfort of the apparel. The e-textile attaches a thin, highly-durable metallic layer at the fibre level, resulting in excellent conductivity.

Power Saver Smart Clothing

With the invention of smart clothing by the Singapore researchers, power banks would be a thing of the past. Researchers in Singapore have invented clothes that can boost connectivity and save battery life on wireless devices such as headphones and smartwatches.

Future of Smart Clothing

Gartner forecasts that worldwide wearable devices shipment will reach 225 million in 2019, an increase of 25.8 per cent from 2018. It also states- smart clothing will be one of the fastest-growing textile trends, increasing from 4.12 million shipments in 2017 to a predicted 19.91 million by 2022.

Could this genuinely wearable tech be the next big thing in the textile space? Could it really revolutionise healthcare defence and other ecosystems?

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Why Netflix Broke Itself: Was It Success Rewritten Through Platform Engineering?

By : Sampada

Published on Nov 13, 2024

App development Platform Engineering

Let’s take a trip back in time—2008. Netflix was nothing like the media juggernaut it is today. Back then, they were a DVD-rental-by-mail service trying to go digital. But here’s the kicker: they hit a major pitfall. The internet was booming, and people were binge-watching shows like never before, but Netflix’s infrastructure couldn’t handle the load. Their single, massive system—what techies call a “monolith”—was creaking under pressure. Slow load times and buffering wheels plagued the experience, a nightmare for any platform or app development company trying to scale

That’s when Netflix decided to do something wild—they broke their monolith into smaller pieces. It was microservices, the tech equivalent of turning one giant pizza into bite-sized slices. Instead of one colossal system doing everything from streaming to recommendations, each piece of Netflix’s architecture became a specialist—one service handled streaming, another handled recommendations, another managed user data, and so on.

But microservices alone weren’t enough. What if one slice of pizza burns? Would the rest of the meal be ruined? Netflix wasn’t about to let a burnt crust take down the whole operation. That’s when they introduced the Circuit Breaker Pattern—just like a home electrical circuit that prevents a total blackout when one fuse blows. Their famous Hystrix tool allowed services to fail without taking down the entire platform.

Fast-forward to today: Netflix isn’t just serving you movie marathons, it’s a digital powerhouse, an icon in platform engineering; it’s deploying new code thousands of times per day without breaking a sweat. They handle 208 million subscribers streaming over 1 billion hours of content every week. Trends in Platform engineering transformed Netflix into an application dev platform with self-service capabilities, supporting app developers and fostering a culture of continuous deployment.

Did Netflix bring order to chaos?

Netflix didn’t just solve its own problem. They blazed the trail for a movement: platform engineering. Now, every company wants a piece of that action. What Netflix did was essentially build an internal platform that developers could innovate without dealing with infrastructure headaches, a dream scenario for any application developer or app development company seeking seamless workflows.

And it’s not just for the big players like Netflix anymore. Across industries, companies are using platform engineering to create Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)—one-stop shops for mobile application developers to create, test, and deploy apps without waiting on traditional IT. According to Gartner, 80% of organizations will adopt platform engineering by 2025 because it makes everything faster and more efficient, a game-changer for any mobile app developer or development software firm.

All anybody has to do is to make sure the tools are actually connected and working together. To make the most of it. That’s where modern trends like self-service platforms and composable architectures come in. You build, you scale, you innovate.achieving what mobile app dev and web-based development needs And all without breaking a sweat.

Is Mantra Labs Redefining Platform Engineering?

We didn’t just learn from Netflix’s playbook; we’re writing our own chapters in platform engineering. One example of this? Our work with one of India’s leading private-sector general insurance companies.

Their existing DevOps system was like Netflix’s old monolith: complex, clunky, and slowing them down. Multiple teams, diverse workflows, and a lack of standardization were crippling their ability to innovate. Worse yet, they were stuck in a ticket-driven approach, which led to reactive fixes rather than proactive growth. Observability gaps meant they were often solving the wrong problems, without any real insight into what was happening under the hood.

That’s where Mantra Labs stepped in. Mantra Labs brought in the pillars of platform engineering:

Standardization: We unified their workflows, creating a single source of truth for teams across the board.

Customization: Our tailored platform engineering approach addressed the unique demands of their various application development teams.

Traceability: With better observability tools, they could now track their workflows, giving them real-time insights into system health and potential bottlenecks—an essential feature for web and app development and agile software development.

We didn’t just slap a band-aid on the problem; we overhauled their entire infrastructure. By centralizing infrastructure management and removing the ticket-driven chaos, we gave them a self-service platform—where teams could deploy new code without waiting in line. The results? Faster workflows, better adoption of tools, and an infrastructure ready for future growth.

But we didn’t stop there. We solved the critical observability gaps—providing real-time data that helped the insurance giant avoid potential pitfalls before they happened. With our approach, they no longer had to “hope” that things would go right. They could see it happening in real-time which is a major advantage in cross-platform mobile application development and cloud-based web hosting.

The Future of Platform Engineering: What’s Next?

As we look forward, platform engineering will continue to drive innovation, enabling companies to build scalable, resilient systems that adapt to future challenges—whether it’s AI-driven automation or self-healing platforms.

If you’re ready to make the leap into platform engineering, Mantra Labs is here to guide you. Whether you’re aiming for smoother workflows, enhanced observability, or scalable infrastructure, we’ve got the tools and expertise to get you there.

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