Smart Clothing with Converging/Diverging Bend or Stretch Sensors for Measuring Body Motion or Configuration

Smart clothing with stretch sensors for measuring changes in body configuration comprising:

• a wearable layer which is configured to be worn by a person, wherein the wearable layer comprises a first electromagnetically-nonconductive material;
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• an electromagnetically-conductive pathway which is created by printing electromagnetically-conductive ink onto the wearable layer, wherein the ink comprises a mixture of a second electromagnetically-nonconductive material and an electromagnetically-conductive material, wherein stretching the electromagnetically-conductive pathway causes changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway, and wherein the changes in the transmission of electromagnetic energy through the electromagnetically-conductive pathway are analyzed to measure changes in the configuration of the person's body.