Displaying articles for: 12-25-2011 - 12-31-2011
Researchers in the United States, Italy, and France have invented transistors made from cotton fiber.... These threads can be woven into clothing capable of performing electronic functions enabling new applications like sensing and displaying information. Applications like smart hospital gowns, carpet that measures traffic and dynamic T-shirt displays are some of the more obvious applications.
Smart clothing is definitely something that will be in fashion throughout the rest of the decade. Picture courtesy of Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell University.
