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Can i wash it?: the effect of washing conductive materials usedin making textile based wearable electronic interfaces.

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We explore the wash-ability of conductive materials used in creating traces and touch sensors in wearable electronic textiles. We perform a wash test measuring change in resistivity after each of 10 cycles of washing for conductive traces constructed using two types of conductive thread, conductive ink, and combinations of thread and ink.

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    ISWC '13: Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Wearable Computers
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