New Smart Textiles (IMAGE)

ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science

New Smart Textiles

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Researchers have for the first time, developed a smart textile from carbon nanotube and spandex fibers that can both sense and move in response to a stimulus like a muscle or joint.

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University of Wollongong

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