Article: Richland, Wash., lab's technology proves a good fit for tailoring clothing.

By John Trumbo, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 17--Hip hugger jeans and shirts that show off well-built torsos will be easier to make with a new technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.

A holographic imaging system that was developed more than a decade ago by the laboratory for security applications is how Pennsylvania-based Intellifit can obtain 360-degree, high-resolution 3-D body measurements for custom-fit clothing.

It is tailoring without a tape measure. Customers don't have to strip down and store workers don't have to estimate measurements on a ...

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