Or an office worker who could do the same with his necktie. Is someone at the wedding reception wearing the same dress as you?
No problem switch yours to a different color in the blink of an eye. A breakthrough in a University of Central Florida lab has brought those scenarios closer to reality.
and it stretchable and flexible, Chanda said. hat was the motivation: Can we take some inspiration from biology
Such an ultrathin display can be applied to flexible materials like plastics and synthetic fabrics. The research has major implications for existing electronics like televisions,
your clothing, your fashion items all of that could change, Chanda said. hy would I need 50 shirts in my closet
if I could change the color and pattern? Researchers used a simple and inexpensive nano-imprinting technique that can produce the reflective nanostructured surface over a large area. his is a cheap way of making displays on a flexible substrate with full-color generation,
Chanda said. hat a unique combination. n
#Spintronics advance brings wafer-scale quantum devices closer to reality (Nanowerk News) An electronics technology that uses the"spin
what if you could roll up your too big 6 Plus to actually fit in your pocket?
This wave range also has great application for the soldiers in the military who rely on infrared thermal imaging technology and for flexible night vision glasses.
Mayu Inaba, approached her mentor with questions about tiny threads of connection she noticed in an image of fruit fly reproductive stem cells,
#Nanotechnology transforms cotton fibers into modern marvel (Nanowerk News) Juan Hinestroza and his students live in a cotton-soft nano world,
where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.
Cotton is one of the most fascinating and misunderstood materials, said Hinestroza, associate professor of fiber science,
who directs the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell. In a nanoscale world and that is our world we can control cellulose-based materials one atom at a time.
The Hinestroza group has turned cotton fibers into electronic components such as transistors and thermistors so instead of adding electronics to fabrics,
he converts the fabric into an electronic component. Marcia Silva da Pinto, postdoctoral researcher, works on growing metal organic frameworks onto cotton samples to create a filtration system capable of capturing toxic gas,
as Juan Hinestroza looks on. Creating transistors and other components using cotton fibers brings a new perspective to the seamless integration of electronics
and textiles, enabling the creation of unique wearable electronic devices, Hinestroza said. Taking advantage of cottons irregular topography, Hinestroza and his students added conformal coatings of gold nanoparticles,
as well as semiconductive and conductive polymers to tailor the behavior of natural cotton fibers. The layers were so thin that the flexibility of the cotton fibers is preserved always
Hinestroza said, Fibers are everywhere from your underwear, pajamas, toothbrushes, tires, shoes, car seats, air filtration systems and even your clothes.
Abbey Liebman 10 created a dress using conductive cotton threads capable of charging an iphone.
With ultrathin solar panels for trim and a USB charger tucked into the waist, the Southwest-inspired garment captured enough sunshine to charge cell phones
and other handheld devices allowing the wearer to stay plugged in. The technology may be embedded into shirts to measure heart rate
or analyze sweat, sewn into pillows to monitor brain signals or applied to interactive textiles with heating and cooling capabilities.
Previous technologies have achieved similar functionalities but those fibers became rigid or heavy, unlike our yarns,
which are friendly to further processing, such as weaving, sewing and knitting, Hinestroza said. Synthesizing nanoparticles and attaching them to cotton not only creates color on fiber surfaces without the use of dyes,
but the new surfaces can efficiently kill 99.9 percent of bacteria, which could help in warding colds, flu and other diseases.
Two of Hinestrozas students created a hooded bodysuit embedded with insecticides using metal organic framework molecules,
or MOFS to fend off malarial mosquitoes. Malaria kills more than 600,000 people annually in Africa. While insecticide-treated nets are common in African homes
the antimalarial garment can be worn during the day to provide extra protection and does not dissipate like skin-based repellants.
Other students have used MOFS to create a mask and hood capable of trapping toxic gases in a selective manner.
MOFS, which are clustered crystalline compounds, can be manipulated at the nano level to build nanoscale cages that are the exact same size as the gas they are trying to capture.
We wanted to harness the power of these molecules to absorb gases and incorporate these MOFS into fibers,
which allows us to make very efficient filtration systems, he explains. Hinestroza always looks for new ways to employ cotton as a canvas for creating infinite modern uses.
We want to transform traditional natural fibers into true engineering materials that are multifunctional and that can be customized to any demand,
but have it remain flexible and as comfortable as a t-shirt or an old pair of jeans s
The study also suggests the broader potential for adapting nanoscale drug-delivery techniques developed for use in environmental remediation. hat we can apply some of the highly sophisticated,
The researchers devised a novel designer ribosome with tethered subunits Ribo-T. hat we were ultimately able to do was show that by creating an engineered ribosome where the RIBOSOMAL RNA is shared between the two subunits and linked by these small tethers,
to ensure the driver is made aware of a potential hazard. he most common method for monitoring brainwaves is close to the source using sensors attached to a headband,
Andersen says. hat we have here is a unique window into the workings of a complex high-level brain area,
and form the basis of new targeted treatments that are based on an individual genetic makeup.
Eventually, the researchers figured out that a second special property of brain cancer cells that they lack the so-called myelin sheaths that coat healthy brain cells had a greater effect on the OCT readings than did density.
For several weeks, each of the subjects put on an electrode-studded hat capable of analysing their brain signals.
#Google working with Levis on smart clothes GOOGLE says it working with iconic US jean maker Levi strauss to make clothing from specially woven fabric with touch-screen control capabilities.
and to spotlight Levi strauss as its first partner. Named after a Frenchman who invented a type of loom,
which is different from the Google (x) lab that develops big-vision innovations such as self-driving cars. e are enabling interactive textiles,
Emre Karagozler of ATAP said as the smart fabric was shown off in an area set up to look like cloth coming out of a loom. e do it by weaving conductive threads into fabric.
The special threads can be woven into a wide array of fabrics, and be made to visually stand out
Conductivity can be limited to desired parts of fabric or spread across entire cloth. t is stretchable;
it is said washable, Karagozler as people controlled lights or computer screens with finger strokes on a blue cloth covering a table in the display area behind him. t is just like normal fabric.
Project Jacquard makes it possible to weave touch and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms, according to Google.
Anything involving fabric, from suits or dresses to furniture or carpet, could potentially have computer touchpad style control capabilities woven.
Conductive yarn is connected to tiny circuits, no bigger than jacket buttons, with miniaturised electronics that can use algorithms to recognise touches or swipes,
ATAP says. The data can be sent wirelessly to smartphones or other devices, enabling actions such as making phone calls or sending messages with brushes of fabric. n our hyper-digital world,
and will retail at under $us10. 00 for a pack of four sleeves. The product will be available for purchase on Amazon later this year z
and Predator and could provide extreme hi-resolution imagery. f you want to read what kind of shirt a guy is wearing you would need to be at 5000 feet,
what's called a white hat hacker. Companies hire him to help identify security flaws in their systems and design better security features.
"Doctors wear 3-D glasses and use a joystick to zoom in to a ventricle or valve,
a day in the future when we'd be able to carry songs in our pockets, at full fidelity, by the millions.
which is an ultra-fast interrogator that simultaneously measures 13 optical fibers, each with up to approximately 80 sensing points.
"Multi-view or glasses-free 3d displays have used a similar concept; but this work differs because the perceived images change with small movements in the near-field."
making it a kind of sheep in wolf clothing. When injected into humans our immune system mounts a response to the modified VSV virus and,
screwing a cap on a water bottle, assembling a toy plane, etc. What was really impressive about the technique was did the robot not require preprogrammed details about surroundings.
Brain cancer cells also lack the myelin sheaths that coat healthy brain cells, a factor that has even greater effect on OCT readings than cell density,
the robotic foot follows suit. t's really surreal, he says. he first time, to be started honest,
"Potential applications range from sensors integrated with packaging, to textiles that convert body heat to electricity,
When cameras in the glasses pick up visual stimuli, software converts the information to electrical pulses sent as vibrations to be felt on the user tongue.
#Super-Thin Electronic textile Could Dress You In Video Researchers created a 1mm sized"Afghan Girl"image
In the future you won have to worry about your coworkers finding out that youe wearing the same shirt as yesterday,
they burnt the leather researchers used to simulate skin. But, if they transmitted at 50 milliseconds to 1 second bursts instead,
the leather was unscathed. Ochiai says this is machine is just a proof of concept, and now his team will work to make the holograms larger.
Most immediately, the film could be used in clothes and outdoor furniture, both of which can be damaged by too much sun exposure.
or incorporated into a person clothing. This research was carried out by Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, co-leader of the RMIT Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group,
#Wear a 3d printed Onesie That Acts as a Walking Air cleaner Dutch designer Borre Akkersdijk debuts wearable tech suit with stiched-in solutions to pollutionpsfk meets with Borre Akkersdijk,
Founder of the Dutch design company at Northside Festival to learn more about the debut of the BB Suit 3d printed onesie that doubles as an air purifiernd the future of wearable fashion.
Before Google Project Jacquard, there was Byborre wifi-enabled pillow to combine technology, textile and shape.
The long pillow, outfitted with conducting yarns and copper wire on either end, enables two people to communicate through vibration.
Two years later, the company is continuing to repurpose fabric to offer solutions in health, tech and even citywide pollution.
The BB Suit concept first took shape when the team was invited to the Beijing Design Festival,
In learning of the daily pollution problem, it became apparent that the suit should double as solution for cleaner air.
If you so choose to wear the onesie in the car for one hour, you will have cleaned successfully the polluted air.
The prototype of the suits are still too extreme to appeal to the mass market but the designer hopes to create a surface that everybody can make use of.
Similar to an iphone, in which each user curates their own apps, the future suits will enable the owner complete control over the functions.
The adoption of the suit will rely on the future evolution of a new industry that bridges technology and textiles,
to connect to your digital wallet and stop you before you overspend. If our clothing serves all of these uses,
would we want to wear anything else? Byborre Northside Festiva d
#Anti-Radiation Glasses Protect Against Computer Eye Strain Zappi glasses are designed to protect the wearer eyes from the harmful light given off by digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers.
As many people spend hours using technology and looking at screens, Zappi founder and CEO Andy Jones decided to help guard people eyes against the damage of UV and blue light.
The nonprescription glasses are aimed at people who don normally wear glasses but view digital screens on a regular basis.
The glasses are made from impact-resistant polycarbonate with a scratch-resistant lens that also reduces glare to the eyes.
The computer and gaming glasses are aimed at every member of the family. Currently raising funds on Indiegogo, Zappi perks offer pairs for children (£25) and adults (£30),
A quality microfiber cloth and storage pouch are provided with each pair to keep the glasses clean and safe d
and poets can clip it a pocket to record moments of inspiration. The Instamic Indiegogo campaign is expected to kickoff later this month s
and Sunburn With This Smart Bikini Spinali Design brings wearable technologies to the beach (where skin cancer runs rampant) The french are credited with creating the modern bikini,
so it shouldn come as a surprise that French company Spinali Design has created a smart bikini to help women monitor sun exposure responsibly.
The bikini bottom has a section where a UV sensor clips on to the fabric.
when the bikini wearer needs some help applying sunscreen. The lightweight sensor is removable, waterproof and measures less than two centimeters.
The bikini labels are printed on the inside of the suit and are customizable with a photo or message.
In addition to the bikini, Spinali has created also a connected beach towel that includes a UV sensor. The towel measures 200 x 150 cm
Bikini start at $167 US (149#or £108) with towels available for $111 USD (99#or £72.
For more promotional videos and demonstrations of how the sensor is attached to the suit, check out the Spinali Youtube channel.
Bhalla told CNN hat the information would transmit securely and remain safe on the company computer servers.
and shape to a wristwatch, but with the active mechanics positioned on the sensitive inside part of the wrist.
#Glasses that make cancer glow When Sandy Sagitto was diagnosed with breast cancer she was devastated.""First thought is that
which allows a surgeon wearing specialized glasses to see cancer cells glowing.""What this does is conserve the healthy tissue
Currently the cancer glasses are being tested on skin and breast cancer patients, but Dr. Achilefu says they could be used to visualize
and might also be used for the flexible coating of clothes and deformable components. Metal-organic frameworks, briefly called MOFS, consist of two basic elements, metal node points and organic molecules,
MOF thin films of a few hundred nanometers in thickness can be used for flexible solar cells or for the coating of clothing material or deformable components.
What Your Clothes May Literally Say About You In the future Wearing a computer on your sleeve may be a lot cooler than a plastic watch with an Apple logo on it-researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have designed a responsive hybrid material fueled by an oscillatory chemical reactions.
The material system is sufficiently small and flexible enough to be integrated into fabric or introduced as an inset into a shoe.
Anna C. Balazs, Ph d. distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, and Steven P. Levitan, Ph d.,John A. Jurenko professor of electrical and computer engineering, integrated models for self-oscillating polymer gels and piezoelectric micro-electric-mechanical systems to devise a new
and shrunk again for storing away in a case or pocket. One of the GHOST partners
#New bionic contact lenses could make glasses obsolete Your eyesight may be about to get a huge boost
"At age 45 I had to struggle with reading glasses, which like most people, I found was a great insult,
"To this day I curse my progressive glasses. I also wear contact lenses, which I also curse just about every day.
and cowboys just did not wear glasses.""If the Ocumetics Bionic Lens makes it to market then a whole host of eyesight problems could be overcome,
not least having to wear glasses or contact lenses. Clinical trials are now set to begin on animals and blind human beings.
and line flexible and odd-shaped materials such as clothing or the bodies of vehicles.""There are limits to how thin a battery can be,
They could also line clothing, helping to develop wearable electronics, such as A t-shirt that capable of charging your iphone.
So wee pretty excited to see what the researchers do with the material next l
lead researcher Vladan Vuletic from the Massachusetts institute of technology (MIT) in the US told Jennifer Chu from the MIT News Office. hat is new in our system is,
the friction almost entirely disappeared. hat we can do is adjust at will the distance between the atoms to either be matched to the optical lattice for maximum friction,
but the underlying mechanism is hard to guess.""Levin and Lobo's work has been published in the journal PLOS Computational biology,
and made of very soft and flexible silk, the brain tissue is able to comfortably rearrange itself around it."
you can essentially carry an optometrist's fundus camera around in your back pocket.""Conduct routine eye examinations and retinal screenings anywhere for possible detection of a variety of disorders, including the leading causes of blindness-cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration,
visual information is captured by a tiny camera attached to the patient's glasses and sent to a pocket-sized computer,
Italy and Switzerland were hooked up to an electrode-covered cap, which analyses their brain signals and converts them into electronic instructions for a robot.
soon we'll be looking back at how inconvenient and primitive those ubiquitous little devices in our pockets used to be k
The company lists medical monitoring, sportswear clothing and even connected cars as potential use cases for its technology-bend
and further down the line maybe even recharge your smartphone as it bounces around in your pocket or bag.
#Huge 3-D displays without 3-D glasses Public screenings have become an important part of major sports events.
"We've demonstrated that these are going to be excellent components of the flexible electronics that will soon be embedded in clothing and consumer goods,
Nanowire and contact formed at the same time Nanowires are extremely thin nanocrystal threads used in the development of new electronic components
#Ebola leads to hunger in Africa's rice belt In December 2014 the government of Sierra leone banned all public celebrations to prevent the further spread of Ebola in the worst-affected country.
#WHO grants approval for safe effective meningitis A vaccine for infants The World health organization (WHO) has opened the door to routine immunization of infants in Sub-saharan africa by approving for use an innovative and affordable vaccine that has all but rid the meningitis belt of a major cause
Before the introduction of Menafrivac, people living in countries of the meningitis belt, which stretches from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east,
Menafrivac has been administered to over 215 million people in 15 countries of the African meningitis belt:
and optimal dosage and immunization schedule for administering Menafrivac to infants and toddlers alongside other routine childhood vaccines in African meningitis belt countries.
Specifically, THE WHO prequalification that was announced today allows United nations procurement agencies to purchase the vaccine for use in routine immunization programs in meningitis-belt countries
""We are more than halfway through with introducing the vaccine in meningitis-belt countries, and the first introductions have been a stunning success,
Elimination of meningitis epidemics will require meningitis belt countries'political commitment to complete the mass campaigns
a soft sock that can wrap an arrhythmic heart in electronic sensors, and LED strips thin enough to be implanted directly into the brain to illuminate neural pathways.
Somatic brain mutations, affecting just pockets of cells can be harmful, and have been suggested as a possible cause of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism,
But scientists have developed now a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat
and trap the heat from our bodies better than regular clothes. They report on their technology,
breathable mesh materials that are flexible enough to coat normal clothes. When compared to regular clothing material,
the special nanowire cloth trapped body heat far more effectively. Because the coatings are made out of conductive materials,
they can also be warmed actively with an electricity source to further crank up the heat. The researchers calculated that their thermal textiles could save about 1
000 kilowatt hours per person every year--that's about how much electricity an average U s. home consumes in one month h
"With endovascular procedures, we use cloth-covered wire mesh tubes called endografts to replace the aorta from within,
The study,"A dendrite-suppressing solid ion conductor from aramid nanofibers, "will appear online Jan 27 in Nature Communications.
and enables a surgeon to set the cutting angle that best suits the bone, and, also, to set the location
and improving the automatic first-guess he said. In other words it will pull out a page that displays writing from the data they currently have
The materials Guo has created are much more slippery than Teflon--a common hydrophobic material that often coats nonstick frying pans.
"Equipped with the genetic profiles of family members, Daiger's team has identified differences in the genetic makeup of those with the disease.
Jérôme Bonnet's team in Montpellier's Centre for Structural Biochemistry (CBS) had the idea of using concepts from synthetic biology derived from electronics to construct genetic systems making it possible to"programme"living cells like a computer.
Jérôme Bonnet invented a genetic transistor, the transcriptor. The insertion of one or more transcriptors into bacteria transforms them into microscopic calculators.
In this new work, the teams led by Jérôme Bonnet (CBS, Inserm U1054, CNRS UMR5048, Montpellier University), Franck Molina (Sysdiag, CNRS FRE 3690),
or private researchers,"says Jérôme Bonnet.""Our work is focused presently on the engineering of artificial genetic systems that can be modified on demand to detect different molecular disease markers,
It attacks the epithelial cells that coat the intestine and damages them.""We were able to show that interferon-lambda (IFN?
and be used for smart clothing such as cloaking suits and dynamic illuminated clothing.""The cloaking suit could be used to blend into a variety of environments,
such as in the wild. It could also be used for signalling purposes, for example search and rescue operations
when constructed in future helmets and bumpers, could reduce or even prevent many of the blunt-force injuries we see today."
as well as miniature NS honeycomb cells, from nylon using selective laser sintering for experimentation. NS honeycombs can be made from a variety of materials to suit distinct applications.
Subsequent custom compression and drop tests, designed and fabricated at UT Austin, have confirmed the NS honeycomb structures'predicted energy-absorbing behavior and resilience.
Add to this the fact that people now spend more time indoors during winter and wear more clothing,
such as the production of food, textiles, detergents, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals where environmentally friendly methods are of ever increasing importance."
#Inkjet inks made of silk could yield smart bandages, bacteria-sensing gloves and more Inkjet printing is one of the most immediate and accessible forms of printing technology currently available, according to the researchers,
and ink-jet printing of biomolecules has been proposed previously by scientists. However, the heat-sensitive nature of these unstable compounds means printed materials rapidly lose functionality,
Enter purified silk protein, or fibroin, which offers intrinsic strength and protective properties that make it well-suited for a range of biomedical and optoelectronic applications.
if we were able to develop an inkjet-printable silk solution, we would have a universal building block to generate multiple functional printed formats that could lead to a wide variety of applications in which inks remain active over time,
functional silk inks doped with a variety of components: The researchers, who included collaborators from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, foresee wide potential for future investigation and application of this technology.
For example, Omenetto envisions more work on the bio-sensing gloves, which he says could selectively react to different pathological agents.
Omenetto and Kaplan are pioneers in the use of silk as an alternative to plastics. Omenetto's 2011 TED Talk called silk a"new old material"that could have a profound impact in many technical fields.
This work was supported by funding from the Office of Naval Research (N14-13-1-0596) and the AFOSR (FA9550-14-1-0015
'Research shows there is a clear need for long-acting antimicrobial products used in fillings and cements for crowns, bridges and orthodontic braces
Thanks to their mechanical properties, MOF thin films of a few hundred nanometers in thickness can be used for flexible solar cells or for the coating of clothing material or deformable components.
"The immune cells activated by the vaccine agent may not be able to reach the hypoxic site of bone marrow to target these"wolfs-in-stem-cell-clothing."
The way these bases are ordered determines the makeup of the genome. In addition to G, C a and T, there are also small chemical modifications,
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