What has changed is how we are using new technology like 3D Printers, microcontrollers and advanced materials and e-textiles to breathe new life into how we think about and create fashion and then instantly share it and remix it.

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E-textiles have been around for centuries (think metallic thread) but now that computers have become the size of a pack of gum, affordable and easily programmable, and a new 3D Printer comes on the market daily, fashion tech is starting to catch on and more and more widespread.

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