Clothing With A Brain: 'Smart Fabrics' That Monitor Health

by bnnproject | December 10, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2008) — Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other vital signs. A report on these straight-out-of-science-fiction-fibers, made of carbon nanotubes, is scheduled for the December 10 issue of ACS' Nano Letters.

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