#SmartTextileMarket Smart textiles (E-textiles) are fabrics with incorporated digital components like light (including small processors) and a battery as well as electronics. Fabrics designed with innovative technologies that provide added value to the wearer are referred to as "smart textiles." "What makes smart fabrics remarkable is that they have the power to do many things those regular fabrics cannot, like transform, communicate, carry energy, and even grow," says Pailes-Friedman of the Pratt Institute.