The inexpensive material turns a jacket into a touch screen—and could be in the shops by Christmas, according to SWNS news agency. Powered by solar energy, it combines conductive and luminescent fibers with cotton. Wearable technology has been promised for years, but creating large displays integrated with functional systems has proved challenging. The researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai overcame this issue spectacularly with a display fabric almost 20 feet long and 10 inches wide.
In experiments, the electronic textile worked as a navigation tool showing an interactive map. It also performed communications by sending or retrieving messages via a Bluetooth connection with a smartphone. The display is produced by illuminating units that form where the conductive and luminescent fibers meet at contact points in the woven fabric. They survived 1,000 cycles of bending, stretching and pressing. Brightness remained after 100 cycles of washing and drying. With the addition of more applications it’s expected to shape the next generation of electronic communication tools.
Read More: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fabric-works-like-smartphone-unveiled-by-fudan-scientists/
The corresponding author described the new electronic textile in the journal Nature
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In experiments, the electronic textile worked as a navigation tool showing an interactive map. It also performed communications by sending or retrieving messages via a Bluetooth connection with a smartphone. The display is produced by illuminating units that form where the conductive and luminescent fibers meet at contact points in the woven fabric. They survived 1,000 cycles of bending, stretching and pressing. Brightness remained after 100 cycles of washing and drying. With the addition of more applications it’s expected to shape the next generation of electronic communication tools.
Read More: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fabric-works-like-smartphone-unveiled-by-fudan-scientists/
The corresponding author described the new electronic textile in the journal Nature
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