Nanofabrics
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Nanofabrics is an emerging nanotechnology that deals with building specialized fabrics. Active Camouflage
is a costume that hides the wearer by redirecting light from one side to the other.
Active camouflage
Active camouflage or adaptive camouflage, is a group of camouflage technologies which allow an object to blend into its surroundings by use of panels or coatings capable of altering their appearance, color, luminance and reflective properties...
is a costume that hides the wearer by redirecting light from one side to the other.
Some actual quasi-nanofabrics
- The costumes used in Torino during the 2006 Winter Olympics that harden on impact.
- The new Phillips Lumalive which integrates small leds in the frabics.
External links
- Lumalive homepage
- CNN Potent Nanofabrics Repel Germs
- Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...