Submission + - SPAM: Nanotechnology-based smart yarn for soldiers
Roland Piquepaille writes: "Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-coated smart yarn which can conduct electricity and be woven into textiles to detect blood or to monitor health. According to one of the lead researchers, today's smart textiles, which are made of metallic or optical fibers, are fragile and not comfortable. So the team combined two fibers, one natural and one created by nanotechnology, to build a new kind of smart textile. If a soldier wearing clothes made with this fabric was wounded, his mobile phone could alert a nearby patrol to save his life. Read more for additional details and references, including a picture showing how this carbon-nanotube coated smart yarn can conduct enough electricity from a battery to power a light-emitting diode device."