SENSOR COATINGS BECOME EVER MORE SOPHISTICATED – AND COULD BECOME PART OF FUTURE HOMES
March 1st, 2019
Smart coatings are being applied to objects, ranging from fabrics to walls, pipelines and medical devices, to act as sensors and facilitate interaction between people and machines - and potentially save huge sums of money in repair bills.
These technologies are developing fast and offer functionality that extends way beyond smart coatings that can detect cracks, scratches and abrasions and heal themselves – as useful as those qualities are.
Researchers at the USA’s University of Delaware have developed the ability to measure pressure ranging from a ...
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