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Clothing retailer Blair, which is based in Warren, Pennsylvania, reportedly recalled more than 160,000 units of chenille robes because the said items did not pass the flammability requirements set by the federal government. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said this week that the wearer may be in danger of catching on fire on the robe by exposure to an open flame. So far, there are three incidents of robe owners catching on fire, one sustained second-degree burns.

The robe was described in the website as a “one-piece garment made of plush sculpted chenille, a shaped stand collar, and horizontal chenille front and back yolks and cuffs. The robe has a full-button front with seven matching button closures, with self cuffs, a straight bottom with self hem and two sideseam pockets.

There’s a major development in the fields of electronic. And the latest development is about “smart clothes”. Though electronic gadgets are potable and made very aesthetically, these people believe that there should be some more improvement in the way they look and are placed. Here comes the phase of integrating these devices into your clothing. Such clothing’s are termed as “smart clothes”.

In the next few years, we’ll have t-shirts & shirts having a device in it which can read our heart beat, Jackets with built in keypads to operate music devices. Computerized clothes or what they are called as “smart clothes” will allow having a portable nano computer having electronic straps around our bodies. These aren’t definitely designed to replace the existing electronic gadgets but they will definitely have more functions in them.

This invention will definitely prove as an advantage to people who can detect abnormal events happening in their bodies and thereby can be prepared. Now we are living in the era of “smart phones”. Such type of technological advancement was not imagined few decades back. Similarly the era of “smart clothes” may sound impossible but there are researches and experiment in making this invention a success. Few years down the line these clothes may be a reality.