(Nanowerk News) Nanotechnology is leading to a spectrum of advances in textiles, for example monitoring and relaying vital signs and fitness levels in sports and health applications, and embedded Light Emitting Displays (LEDs) in glamour garments enabling them to glow in different colours. Other materials stiffen-up on impact, cushioning the elderly against falls, while some garments offer wound healing capabilities. Advanced textiles are being trialled as structural components in aeroplane wings and new garment production methodologies are being developed, using laser measurement, rapid prototyping and inkjet printing techniques, which allow unique and stylish clothes to be produced 'on demand'.
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