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A Camera from a Sheet of Fiber Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> General Technology   
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Textiles and the fibers that compose them are experiencing a sort of high-tech renaissance lately. Researchers are finding ways to turn silk into sensors by adding biological molecules to it, and turn cotton sheets into electronic fabric by bathing them in a solution of nanotubes. The idea is to use the electronic textiles, which are flexible and can be worn comfortably, to sense such things as the blood of a soldier or pathogens circulating in the air. (source: technologyreview.com)
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