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The design of the cycling jacket should be geared towards the special requirements of an active and mobile wearer. The usually rigid and sensitive electronics had to be integrated into a soft fabric. This is because the jacket should be able to follow the wearer's every movement in everyday life. Rigid electronic modules would be extremely disruptive in this case and could lose their functionality under certain loads, according to Fraunhofer IZM. The electronic components must therefore be just as ...