#Pentagon Wants Artificial intelligence In Future Fighters The Department of defense wants future generations of fighter aircraft to come with copilots already installed.
the system's sensors are smart textiles: combination of fibers and yarns with electrical propertiesworked into the fabrics of the seat cover
and shoulder safety belt. They monitor the driver's heart and breathing rates from contact points along the driver's back, butt, legs, thorax and abdomen,
and can interface with other electronic devices including smart clothing lights sensors and musical instruments making it an affordable humanoid platform for research experimentation and education.
if you can deliver a textbook then things such as urgent medical deliveries clothes shoes fast food
Other applications include home automation surveillance medical instruments prosthetic devices and smart clothing. The artificial compound eye features a panoramic hemispherical field of view with a resolution identical to that of the fruitfly in less than 1 mm thickness.
Desmodus rotundus, meaning that the wings have been actuated using a foldable skeleton mechanism covered with a soft fabric
The social network said Monday that it is adding a new mobile"shopping"tab where you can buy clothes, electronics and other items without ever leaving Facebook's confines.
ripples in the fabric of space-time. ee been thinking a lot about using these methods to detect gravitational waves from pulsarsncredibly dense stars that are the mass of our sun compressed into a 10 km radius and spin at 10 to 100 times a second,
the researchers fabricated the portable CPL sensors by laying down nanowires in a zigzag pattern over a thin sheet of acrylic affixed to a thick silver plate.
#A Particle accelerator the Size of a Sewing needle An international research team has demonstrated a high-performance particle accelerator the size of a 1-millimeter mechanical pencil replacement lead.
a specially designed 5m-diameter spherically concave fabric screen and a dome mirror projecting the image onto the screen.
whether we will be able to drape a concave fabric screen over our living rooms so we can move IKEA furniture around in real-time in 3d a
#Thai university develops bulletproof vest made of silk BANGKOK: A team of university researchers in Thailand has developed the world's first bulletproof vest made from natural silk,
a media report said on Tuesday. The vest can withstand. 38 and. 22 calibre bullets fired from a distance of three metres, Panomkorn Khwakhong,
which has a reputation for quality silk clothing. Panomkorn said the silk vest is also able to take repeated hits without deteriorating.
His team planned to continue developing the vest and make a version that can withstand automatic weapons fire,
whether microorganisms within mealworms and other insects can biodegrade plastics such as polypropylene (used in products ranging from textiles to automotive components),
whether microorganisms within mealworms and other insects can biodegrade plastics such as polypropylene (used in products ranging from textiles to automotive components),
Duraform polyamide (PA), Duraform glass-filled (GF), and Duraform HST Composite. Yost is acutely aware of his many critics and nonbeleivers,
It is used to make plastic drink bottles as well as many other products (including fabrics) and for packaging purposes
#Cerium-Based Material Made into Nanometer-Sized Particles to Produce Key Ingredient for Nylon Production The Critical Materials Institute,
has created a new chemical process that makes use of the widely available rare-earth metal cerium to improve the manufacture of nylon.
The process uses a cerium-based material made into nanometer-sized particles with a palladium catalyst to produce cyclohexanone, a key ingredient in the production of nylon.
including this one for producing a precursor to nylon, which as an industry has said enormous applications
Cornell researchers examined these special nylon sheets replete with applied nanoscale iron oxide particles to see
and particle retention of the nylon membranes as they were processed (or washed) in solutions of varying ph levels. t critical to evaluate particle retention
Adhering nanoparticles of iron oxide to nylon fiber is done in three ways: electrospraying, which facilitates uniform nanoparticle placement in the fibers;
Trejo explained. ou would want the nanoparticles to stay on the Nylon 6 membranes so the material can have function throughout the life use.
much like a thread goes through a needle. The pore also contains an electrical current.
by grabbing any spare DNA that seems to match-much like you might darn a red sock with any spare red wool lying around,
""Our delivery mechanism resembles a ball of yarn, or clew, so we call it a nanoclew,
The company is also looking to expand the categories it currently offers such as men's clothes, watches,
or aesthetic reasons (such as maintaining the colors for cars, clothes etc
#Africa Could Quadruple Renewable energy Capacity By 2030 These are the primary conclusions from a new report published by the International Renewable energy Agency (IRENA), Africa 2030,
'Using a pair of flywheels spinning at 10,000+rpm, our gyro system exerts 1300 ft-lbs of torque to control the tilt and lean of the vehicle.'
A group of Japanese techies have designed a toothbrush that uses super skinny nylon bristles wrapped in nano-size mineral ions to scrub teeth squeaky clean.
but to build the insights gained into the fabric of what they do. Those entities that don develop this capability are at very high risk of disruption.
an international charging kit, a polishing cloth and a USB cable for high-speed data transfer. In terms of specifications, the smartphone features a 3. 1-inch touch screen with a 720 x 720 pixel resolution and offers a pixel density of 330ppi.
several regions will likely see yield losses for heat-sensitive commodity crops like cotton and corn, with potentially high economic costs,
the Inland South region will likely take an economic hit of up to $38 million per year due to cotton yield declines by the end of the century.
The ability to hide from sight, for example, would require another piece of the fabric built with a different thickness.
ripples in the fabric of space-time. ee been thinking a lot about using these methods to detect gravitational waves from pulsarsncredibly dense stars that are the mass of our sun compressed into a 10 km radius and spin at 10 to 100 times a second,
FROM FLAT SHEET TO 3d BOX The team demonstrated the approach with a series of examples including a mechanism that can be switched from a flat strip into a locked configuration as one end controllably bends and threads itself through a keyhole.
Each one of those components contains a disc of fabric, with wires made from a nickel-titanium alloy running through it.
so that it can work on commonly used paper products and other materials, such as clothes, to broaden its appeal.
#Graphene-coated Fabrics Detect Dangerous Gases Scientists in Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air,
alerting the wearer by turning on a light-emitting diode (LED) light. The researchers, from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Konkuk Univ. in the Republic of korea, coated cotton and polyester yarn with a nanoglue called bovine serum albumin (BSA.
The yarns were wrapped then in graphene oxide sheets. Graphene is an incredibly strong one-atom-thick layer of carbon,
and is known for its excellent conductive properties of heat and electricity. The graphene sheets stuck very well to the nanoglueo much
so that further testing showed the fabrics retained their electrical conducting properties after 1, 000 consecutive cycles of bending
Finally, the graphene oxide yarns were exposed to a chemical reduction process, which involves the gaining of electrons.
Exposure of these specially treated fabrics to nitrogen dioxide led to a change in the electrical resistance of the reduced graphene oxide.
The fabrics were so sensitive that 30 mins of exposure to 0. 25 ppm of nitrogen dioxide (just under five times above the acceptable standard set by the U s. Environmental protection agency) elicited a response.
The fabrics were three times as sensitive to nitrogen dioxide in air compared to another reduced graphene oxide sensor previously prepared on a flat material.
and others looked like handcuffs or racquets or even sewing needles. Some looked like rods because they were coiled so,"the study's lead author, Rossitza Irobalieva,
much like a thread goes through a needle. The pore also contains an electrical current.
much like a thread goes through a needle. The pore also contains an electrical current.
#Carbon nanotubes Applied to Create Electrical conductivity in Woolen Fabrics The fabrics can be used in various industries,
Among textile products, woolen fabrics are used in various industries due to their unique properties such as insulation and flexibility.
However, the quick growth of advanced technologies and the needs of consumers in various aspects have forced textile industry to focus on the production and development of a new generation of fabrics.
The production of fabrics with new properties such as electrical conductivity is among the changes. Researchers have tried in this research to synthesize fabrics with new properties by using simple and modified carbon nanotubes.
Based on the results the application of nanotubes and modification of the sample surfaces lead to the production of conductive fabrics with different electrical properties.
The synthesis of these fabrics will open new windows to the production of composites with conventional and innovative applications.
Carbon nanotubes have been added to woolen fabrics that are insulators by themselves. Therefore, the product can be presented to the market as a relatively conductive material.
The fabrics can be used in the production of normal and industrial clothes, and also in protective clothes in military industry y
#Wearable electronic health patches may now be cheaper and easier to make A team of researchers in the Cockrell School of engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a method for producing inexpensive and high-performing wearable patches
that can continuously monitor the body's vital signs for human health and performance tracking,
#Silk could be new'green'material for next-generation batteries Lithium-ion batteries have enabled many of today electronics, from portable gadgets to electric cars.
Now scientists report in the journal ACS Nano("Hierarchical Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Silk for Ultrahigh-Capacity Battery Anodes and Supercapacitors")the development of a new,
reenway to boost the performance of these batteries with a material derived from silk. Chuanbao Cao and colleagues note that carbon is a key component in commercial Li-ion energy storage devices including batteries and supercapacitors.
The researchers found a way to process natural silk to create carbon-based nanosheets that could potentially be used in energy storage devices.
A Material that's a Horse of a Different Color The colors we typically see in paints, fabrics,
including elastomers, silicones, nylon-like materials, ceramics and biodegradable materials. The technique itself provides a blueprint for synthesizing novel materials that can further research in materials science.
#Energy-generating nanopatterened cloth could replace batteries From light up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers,
In the journal ACS Nano("Nanopatterned Textile-Based Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator"),scientists report the first durable,
flexible cloth that harnesses human motion to generate energy. It can also self-charge batteries
The researchers created a novel TNG fabric out of a silvery textile coated with nanorods and a silicon-based organic material.
When they stacked four pieces of the cloth together and pushed down on the material,
The cloth worked for more than 12,000 cycles. Also read our Nanowerk Spotlight on this research:
This tape can adhere to a range of surfaces including cloth uniforms, and its appearance under an infrared camera can be changed by stretching,
These bundles of wires are as fine as a thread of cotton but have the tensile strength of a thick wire.
Phonons typically move in straight lines in nanowires threads barely a few atoms wide. Previous calculations suggested that if parts of a nanowire contained random arrangements of two different types of atoms,
Silk fibroin is used as the dissolvable film because it has high biocompatibility, and is known a biomaterial used in implantable devices."
"We investigated preparation of a silk base scaffold for a microneedle, quantitatively analyzed needle stiffness,
imec associated lab at Ghent University, have demonstrated the world first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor (TFT) driven LED display laminated into textiles.
A key step towards realizing wearable devices in clothing is creating displays that can be integrated into textiles to allow interaction with the wearer. earable devices allow people to monitor their fitness
By combining imec patented stretch technology with our expertise in active-matrix backplanes and integrating electronics into fabrics
allowing the displays to be laminated in to textiles that can be washed. Importantly, the technology uses fabrication steps that are known to the manufacturing industry
#3d bone marrow made from silk biomaterials successfully generates platelets (Nanowerk News) Researchers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging
The team knew from their previous work with silk protein scaffolds that silk is a very biocompatible material that is amenable to many manipulations to customize it for a specific use,
They formed silk scaffolds of different thicknesses (ranging from 2 to 5 micrometers) and stiffness combined with growth factors,
the researchers attached the silk scaffolds to a plastic framework to guide the growth of cells.
Next, endothelial primary cells (EPCS) were grown on one side of the silk scaffold and megakaryocytes were seeded on the other side.
the researchers formed silk sponges around porous silk microtubes. The wall thickness of the microtubes was kept below 10 micrometers,
in addition to the EPCS, allowed the resulting silk structure to support the formation of functioning platelets.
Each step of the tissue engineered silk bone marrow development furthered the amount of successful platelet production
Optical fibers have long since been used for the transmission of data with light. But on a computer, data are processed still
ultrafast laser technology to make high-resolution, 3-D structures in silk protein hydrogels. The laser-based micropatterning represents a new approach to customized engineering of tissue and biomedical implants.
femtosecond laser to generate scalable, high-resolution 3-D voids within silk protein hydrogel, a soft,
Further, the exceptional clarity of the transparent silk gels enabled the laser's photons to be absorbed nearly 1 cm below the surface of the gel-more than 10 times deeper than with other materials
guide cell growth and create an artificial vasculature within an already densely seeded silk hydrogel,
while mounted on a stretchable fabric and worn by a person maintains its properties during stretching,
#Graphene-coated'e textile'detects noxious gases Scientists in Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air,
alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light("Ultrasensitive and Highly Selective Graphene-Based Single Yarn for Use in Wearable Gas Sensor").
"The researchers, from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Konkuk University in the Republic of korea, coated cotton and polyester yarn with a nanoglue called bovine serum albumin (BSA.
The yarns were wrapped then in graphene oxide sheets. Graphene is an incredibly strong one-atom-thick layer of carbon,
and is known for its excellent conductive properties of heat and electricity. The graphene sheets stuck very well to the nanoglueo much
so that further testing showed the fabrics retained their electrical conducting properties after 1, 000 consecutive cycles of bending
Finally, the graphene oxide yarns were exposed to a chemical reduction process, which involves the gaining of electrons.
Exposure of these specially-treated fabrics to nitrogen dioxide led to a change in the electrical resistance of the reduced graphene oxide.
The fabrics were so sensitive that 30 minutes of exposure to 0. 25 parts per million of nitrogen dioxide (just under five times above the acceptable standard set by the U s. Environmental protection agency) elicited a response.
The fabrics were three times as sensitive to nitrogen dioxide in air compared to another reduced graphene oxide sensor previously prepared on a flat material.
called The Knowledge Integration Toolkit (Knit), mined 100,000 papers to successfully predict the interactions of a tumour-suppressing protein.
IBM says Knit is automated now fully to work without human oversight. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the US is also working on technology
While optical fibers have long been used for the transmission of data with light, inside a computer
wring out through a cloth and clear it well, put it into a horn, and about night time apply it with a feather to the eye;
Ultimately she wants to create a flexible electronic fabric embedded with sensors that could cover a prosthetic limb
the ability to distinguish corduroy versus silk, or a cold glass of water from a hot cup of coffee.
#Flexible skin sensors turn your body into a digital touch panel The rise of wearable technology is inevitably leading towards our clothes becoming the next touch-enabled smart accessories,
Hallisey used silk fibres to stabilise the chemicals on card stock, allowing them to sit around at room temperature for up to three weeks
She then used these silk-stabilised chemicals to design a paper-based test that requires only a serum sample (the clear part of the blood after the red blood cells have been removed) and water to run.
polymer solutions were spun in an electrical field to form very fine threads and wound onto a spool."
The polymer fabric is slightly porous and so, initially, allows a small amount of blood to permeate through
Silk fibroin is used as the dissolvable film because it has high biocompatibility, and is known a biomaterial used in implantable devices."
"We investigated preparation of a silk base scaffold for a microneedle, quantitatively analyzed needle stiffness,
which is attached later to the surface of clothes. Such technique has posed limitations in applying it for wearable displays
and the characteristics of fabric were ignored. For a solution, the research team discarded the tradition of creating light emitting displays on a plane board.
Instead, they focused on fibers, a component of fabrics, and developed a fiber-like light emitting diode that has the characteristics of both fabrics and displays.
The essence of this technology, the dip coating process, is to immerse and extract a three dimensional (3-D) board that looks like a thread in a solution.
Then, the regular levels of organic materials are formed as films on the board. The dip coating process allowed the layers of organic materials to be created easily on boards with a 3-D structure including a cylinder
which are fundamental elements of fabrics. Hopefully we can lower the barrier of wearable displays to enter the market."
"This technology will eventually allow the production of wearable displays to be as easily as making clothes
and connected fabrics. The work was led by Rahul Panat and Indranath Dutta, researchers in Voiland College's School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering,
Sun powered cell phone chargers woven into the fabric of backpacks. A new generation of organic semiconductors may allow these kinds of flexible electronics to be manufactured at low cost,
Optical fibers have long since been used for the transmission of data with light. But on a computer, data are processed still
#USDA Scientists, International Colleagues Sequence Upland cotton Genome U s. Department of agriculture (USDA) scientists and their partners have sequenced the genome of the world most widely cultivated and genetically complex species of cotton,
a milestone that will make it easier to address increasing threats to cotton by tapping into its natural defenses.
Sequencing the genome of Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) will help breeders develop varieties of cotton that are equipped better to combat the pests,
Cotton growers have experienced a plateau in yields since the early 1990s and most commercial varieties lack genetic diversity, making cotton vulnerable to natural threats.
The findings will help researchers and breeders in the years ahead develop cotton varieties with improved fiber qualities, higher yields and more tolerance to heat, drought and diseases anticipated due to climate change.
Cotton is grown on 12 million acres in 17 states and is a $6 billion crop in the United states. here is untapped a vast
reservoir of genes in wild cotton plants that could offer us stronger and more effective defenses to the numerous challenges faced by cotton growers.
Sequencing of a genetic standard in cotton gives us the roadmap to identify and tap into that reservoir of genetic variability,
said Chavonda Jacobs-Young, administrator of the USDA Agricultural research service (ARS. ARS is USDA principal intramural scientific research agency.
because several of the scientists involved in today studies recently sequenced the two arentspecies of most commercial cotton varietiesn Old world cultivated cotton and a New world wild cotton.
and exploit cotton genetic diversity by tapping into the potential of genes found in the 10,000 accessions of exotic and wild cotton plants in the ARS Cotton Germplasm Collection in College Station, Texas t
drawing it into optical fibers, and a lot of his success with spinel comes from that heritage of insisting on purity and quality. n optical fiber very long:
a bundle of protein threads that pull the chromosomes towards the opposite poles of the cell and distributes them equally between the new cells.
Electronics transmit data to your smartphone The sensors are made from a soft and very stretchy elastomer silicone film that is easy to integrate into textiles.
and transmit the measurement signal via a conductive thread to a wireless electronics unit developed by researchers at Fraunhofer IIS
either or glued between two layers of fabric, which makes the stockings more comfortable to put on
The stockings themselves are made from a blend of cotton and synthetic fibers. Brunner points out that the fabric is by necessity breathable,
moisture wicking and extremely comfortable to wear. his is important, since the wearer will need to wear them daily.
the textile could be used in sports and fitness. Joggers could use the integrated sensor stockings to analyze their running style
they discovered that the seismic vibrations being detected by the equipment was caused by meltwater percolating down through the glacier and weaving its way through the complicated plumbing system in the interior of the ice.
The shoes are the first illustration of a new method of weaving in three dimensions created by Nigerian American industrial designer Oluwaseyi Sosanya.
Sitting somewhere between the traditional art of weaving and the recent home availability of 3d printers,
Sosanya has created a way to weave materials such as wool and cotton in three dimensions before they are sealed to maintain a rigid structure.
The method he said, could be applied to protective clothing in sports, for making bulletproof vests and in constructing buildings.
It was with this in mind that he found himself in Huddersfield talking to veteran weavers in mills who explained to him in detail the traditional ways of weaving cloths.
Lengthwise yarns the warp are interwoven over and under with yarns called the weft. But what was not being done was weaving in three dimensions
nor was it being done seemingly by anyone else, according to patent research. Back in London, Sosanya had learned to weave
and used his background in mechanical engineering and computer programming to handbuild a machine which guides yarn in set patterns over layers to create the 3d shapes such as those used on the soles of the navy shoes he created.
Above those tubes is a mechanised eederwhich winds the fabric for example cotton around them in shapes dictated by a set pattern programmed into a computer.
The tubes act as scaffolding for the grid of fabric to be built on top. To make the structure rigid
the thread is coated in silicone which then solidifies. When the desired shape is completed, the tray at the bottom of the machine is slid out and the mesh
Where traditional weaving has the warp and the weft, Sosanya has replaced the warp with the rigid tubes
As there is one continuous piece of thread which is used through the whole structure, further strength is added.
Different fabrics can be used at different stages of the weave and the density and pattern can be altered throughout,
Sosanya is now investigating how the new method of weaving could be used practically. Custom-made shoes are one of the first potential uses. ou have all of these opportunities now where you can do customisation around footwear,
Not far from San francisco, a hotel in Sunnyvale, the Aloft Cupertino, recently began testing a robot that assists its human colleagues with daily tasks such as changing linens
in this computer-generated virtual clothes showroom, I could choose from an in-the-air menu
"That involves spinning up the VMS, deploying the software, configuring all the nodes-a ton of work going in there.
Cotton balls give him goose bumps. Now, blindfolded during an experiment, he feels his arm hairs rise
when a researcher brushes the back of his prosthetic hand with a cotton ball. Spetic, of course, can't feel the ball.
"I knew immediately it was said cotton, "he. That's one of several types of sensation Spetic, of Madison, Ohio, can feel with the prosthetic system being developed by Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical center.
which optical signals can be sent through optical fibers, breaking key barriers that limit the distance information can travel in fiber optic cables
#Niobium Nanowire Yarns Make High-performance Supercapacitors Using yarns made from niobium nanowire, researchers at MIT have developed a new approach to making supercapacitors.
The new approach uses yarns, made from nanowires of the element niobium, as the electrodes in tiny supercapacitors (which are essentially pairs of electrically conducting fibers with an insulator between).
but the niobium yarns are stronger and 100 times more conductive. Overall, niobium-based supercapacitors can store up to five times as much power in a given volume as carbon nanotube versions.
and could be woven into fabrics, enabling wearable forms; individual niobium nanowires are just 140 nanometers in diameter 140 billionths of a meter across,
the researchers say. he work is very significant in the development of smart fabrics and future wearable technologies, says Geoff Spinks, a professor of engineering at the University of Wollongong, in Australia,
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