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Miniature Chain-mail Fabric Holds Promise For Smart Textiles
Something of interest for both chainmaille geeks and science/engineering geeks. Japanese style 4 in 1 maille made from rings of 500 microns in diameter and links of 400 microns in length. That's barely half a millimetre. It has several interesting electrical and electro-mechanical properties, depending on the materials used.
From the article:
"Because the rings and links can slide and rotate against each other, the fabric possesses unique mechanical and electrical properties. For example, the electrical resistance changes when the fabric is stretched. These properties could prove useful for the development of smart fabric and wearable electronic devices for pervasive computing.
"The first layer of fabric could consist of silicon islands with embedded circuits or sensors," said Liu, who also is affiliated with the university's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the Institute for Genomic Biology, and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory.
"The resulting fabric could generate electricity, detect movement or damage, or serve some other active role," Liu said."
I'm truly living in the sci-fi world I read about as a not-so-young teenager.
Something of interest for both chainmaille geeks and science/engineering geeks. Japanese style 4 in 1 maille made from rings of 500 microns in diameter and links of 400 microns in length. That's barely half a millimetre. It has several interesting electrical and electro-mechanical properties, depending on the materials used.
From the article:
"Because the rings and links can slide and rotate against each other, the fabric possesses unique mechanical and electrical properties. For example, the electrical resistance changes when the fabric is stretched. These properties could prove useful for the development of smart fabric and wearable electronic devices for pervasive computing.
"The first layer of fabric could consist of silicon islands with embedded circuits or sensors," said Liu, who also is affiliated with the university's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the Institute for Genomic Biology, and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory.
"The resulting fabric could generate electricity, detect movement or damage, or serve some other active role," Liu said."
I'm truly living in the sci-fi world I read about as a not-so-young teenager.
