A research team at Fudan University in China has developed a textile and fabric that can be used like a smartphone or PC screen. This cloth garment can show the exchange of messages on the wrist or even display a map on the arm.
The research team developed transparent fibers with conductivity and fibers with luminescence. Two fibers are combined to complete an electroluminescent fabric that can be used like a smartphone display. In the fabric composition, fibers and fibers intersect like conductive fibers and luminescent fibers, and ordinary fabrics. Because it is breathable and durable, the overlapping part of the two newly developed fabrics in terms of practicality emits light. There are various colors, all of which emit light for each color.
Until now, fabrics that can be used as displays have been developed, but all of them could not withstand deformation when worn or washed. The newly developed cloth has high durability, such as being able to bend many times and use it after repeated washing or drying process 100 times.
In fact, if the cloth is replaced with a display, the message sent from the smartphone is displayed on the wrist, and you can reply to the smartphone by pressing a key on the wrist. It is also possible to use GPS instead of a map. The research team explains that it is possible to make a cloth with a width of 25 cm and a length of 6 m, and spread out the wrapped fabric to make partial light emission or light emission as a whole.
The research team expects this development to be a means of helping self-expression to those who have difficulty in voice and conversation for communication innovation. Related information can be found here.