Textile substrate integrated waveguide technology for the next-generation wearable microwave systems

Ever since the transistor replaced the vacuum tube by the end of the 1950s and, thereafter, the invention of the integrated circuits (ICs), the influence of computers on society has increased hand over fist. Whereas, in the 1990s, we used to rely on keyboard and mouse to browse our first web pages and send our first emails, most people nowadays carry around, in their pocket, a device that lets them contact anyone, anywhere in the world, or access any piece of information from a data source more vast than all of the world's libraries combined. And all of this by simply swiping a screen or by using voice commands. But what does the future have in store for us? Where will this evolution bring us in the next 5-10 years?