EU RESEARCH DEVELOPS HIGH TECH SENSOR PROTECTIVE GARMENTS
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research consortium plans to create intelligent protective clothing that alerts construction managers immediately if a worker is hurt in an accident. The INTELTEX group is developing textile technology integrating intelligent carbon nanotube material into standard hard-wearing yarns. Belgian company and consortium member Nanocyl will produce these nanotubes on an industrial scale, said an INTELTEX note. Using electrical conductivity properties, the nanotubes move around the yarn when subject to temperature or ...
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