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PNNL and Intellifit win R&D; Magazine's Tech Award

PNNL and Intellifit win <em>R&D Magazine's</em> Tech Award

Intellifit allows designers to understand their customers’ shapes, sizes and proportions, and intends to help manufacturers create better fitting off-the-rack clothing.

A holographic imaging system developed by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Philadelphia-based Intellifit was chosen by R&D; Magazine editors as the Most Promising New Technology of 2004, out of a field of 100 top innovations worldwide. The team won the surprise honor for the Intellifit System at the R&D; 100 award ceremony in Chicago in October. The Intellifit System bounces harmless radio waves off a fully clothed person, and in seconds it generates up to 80 accurate body measurements that are used to identify best-fitting sizes and apparel brands for an individual. Manufacturers also can use the system to develop better-fitting, off-the-rack clothing and to help retailers buy, stock, and sell the most appropriate apparel for their customers. Full Story >>>

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