Engineers Create a Programmable Fiber #WearableWednesday
MIT researchers created a digital fabric-fiber containing memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.
via MIT
The new fiber was created by placing hundreds of square silicon microscale digital chips into a preform that was then used to create a polymer fiber. By precisely controlling the polymer flow, the researchers were able to create a fiber with continuous electrical connection between the chips over a length of tens of meters.
The fiber itself is thin and flexible and can be passed through a needle, sewn into fabrics, and washed at least 10 times without breaking down. According to Loke, “When you put it into a shirt, you can’t feel it at all. You wouldn’t know it was there.”
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