{"id":168721,"date":"2023-07-31T04:23:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/smart-epants-program-pursuing-advanced-smart-textiles-for-intelligence-community-dod-dhs"},"modified":"2023-07-31T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:23:08","slug":"smart-epants-program-pursuing-advanced-smart-textiles-for-intelligence-community-dod-dhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/smart-epants-program-pursuing-advanced-smart-textiles-for-intelligence-community-dod-dhs","title":{"rendered":"SMART ePANTS Program Pursuing Advanced Smart Textiles for Intelligence Community, DoD, DHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/smart-epants-program-pursuing-advanced-smart-textiles-for-intelligence-community-dod-dhs.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), and first responders at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies are also interested in wearable electronics. With its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iarpa.gov\/research-programs\/smart-epants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART ePANTS)<\/a> program, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is delivering the largest single investment ever made<sup>1<\/sup> to make Advanced Smart Textiles<sup>2<\/sup> (AST) a reality.<\/p>\n<p>According to SMART ePANTS Program Manager, Dr. Dawson Cagle, developing clothing with sensor systems that can record audio, video, and geolocation data would significantly improve the capabilities of IC, DoD, DHS staff, and others working in dangerous or high-stress environments, such as crime scenes and arms control inspections. Dr. Cagle also asserted that ASTs could collect information one doesn\u2019t notice, which would increase job effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not surprisingly, the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), and first responders at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies are also interested in wearable electronics. With its Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART ePANTS) program, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is delivering the largest single investment ever [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1492,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}