Researchers in Singapore weave a touchscreen into a garment sleeve
Fibers that both light up and sense touch, woven by an NUS team into a sleeve that shows images and video and responds to touch.
A team in Singapore wove threads that glow and feel a finger's touch. They made a whole sleeve that works as a small screen. It is still a lab experiment, and we don't know when it could reach clothes.
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Why it matters
Clothes may one day be screens and sensors, but this is still a lab prototype.
Watch: a sleeve with a real touchscreen, still in the lab.
The details
- Researchers at the National University of Singapore developed a fiber that works as a light pixel and a touch sensor at once.
- 54 fibers were woven into a sleeve, making a 96 by 54 pixel display measuring 168 by 105 mm.
- The display runs at 30 frames per second and can run a calculator, a photo gallery, video and a compass.
- Light output and touch response stayed nearly unchanged after 50 home washes and 1,000 bends.
- The work was published in Nature; it is a lab prototype with no price or product date.
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