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US pledges $75m for high-tech textiles institute

05/04/2016
The US government has announced $75 million in funding for the creation of an institute organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop high-tech fibres and textiles.

The Revolutionary Fibers and Textiles Manufacturing Innovation Institute will be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and bring together a consortium of 89 universities, manufacturers and non-profits.

It aims to create fabrics that can "see, hear, sense, communicate, store energy, regulate temperature, monitor health, change colour and more," according to the Pentagon.

The institute will also be funded with nearly $250 million from private sources.

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