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We could imagine a network of pearls linked together by multiple threads of the same color, constituting a system, and a fabric of threads, some of which, very densely crossed, would form balls. From a distance, the two structures might look identical but, up close, the way of perceiving would be different. In intelligent fabrics, the different structures will be found again and again. The first generation consisted of integrating a processor or “intelligent pearl” into the fabric, distributing its input to a multitude of processors distributed in the form of “pearls” woven together. The new generation, based on nanotechnologies, is made up of nanowires. It is then a fabric whose processors are diffused and in the form of nanowires woven into “intelligent” structures.