Printed/flexible/stretchable and functional fabric sensors and sensor-based systems possess several important attributes including low-cost, shape conformability and large area coverage that make them ideal for a wide spectrum of applications especially wearables. The presentation is a brief inventory of several of the more interesting examples of these technologies currently in production by commercial organizations or under development at research labs and universities worldwide. The presentation will address market values and growth, barriers to the commercialization of these technologies, critical success factors, opportunities and strategies to create monetization.
