Licensing
IFM's patented Plush Touch Sensors are available for licensing
by manufacturing and distribution companies. Our sensors are an
entirely new, soft and sensuous way to control lighting, electronic
devices and appliances.
Download a PDF
of our Licensing
Packet for more information.
Use Plush Touch Sensors to replace any button or switch. Sew
them into soft-good products, create a new way to control a robot,
or transform lamps and other lighting devices around the home. IFM's
Plush Touch sensing technology can take on a variety of form
factors: pompoms, tassels, braids, fabrics and embroidery. The design
possibilities are unlimited. See our licensing PDF for more applications
and ideas!
With IFM's Plush Touch Sensors, the textile is the sensor,
so our sensors feel completely soft and luxurious, with no hidden
hard buttons or switches. Other e-textile
sensors use layers of rubber or fabric and often feel like standard
rubberized keypads. Our patented Plush Touch Sensor is the
only product where the yarn is the sensor, so all the consumer feels
are pompoms, velvet and tufting.
IFM's Plush Touch Sensors are ready for market. They have
already been sold in IFM's UL Listed POM
POM Wall Dimmer and ESSENTIAL
Wall Dimmer. IFM works with non-corrosive and inert materials,
making our sensors safe and durable.
IFM's unique intellectual property, technical, and design expertise,
as well as product development experience provides our partners
with a full range of development possibilities. With over 15 years
worth of experience in e-textiles, interactive media and electronics
we can help you make your product a reality. IFM has researched
and implemented numerous materials and methods for manufacturing
Plush Touch Sensors. IFM's textile fabrication methods are
similar to traditional textile methods and our e-textile materials
are readily available. We can work with any manufacturer to refine
their process, find alternative materials and reduce costs.
Plush Touch Sensors are made with e-textile material that
cost little more than traditional textiles. Added materials cost
for one of our sensors can be as little as pennies. IFM's Plush
Touch Sensors work with a variety of capacitive sensing circuits
and technology. IFM has sourced many electronic components, so partners
can work with our known sources or leverage their own expertise
in electronics by purchasing or manufacturing these parts directly
from Asia.
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