Researchers based in China have created light-emitting fibers that can be woven into fabric:
The team, based in China, worked with polymer light-emitting electrochemical cells (PLECs). Like many other light-emitting devices, PLECs have a structure that is composed of two metal electrodes connected to a thin organic layer that acts as a semiconductor. Because PLECs have mobile ions incorporated into the semiconductor, they have many benefits compared to other light-emitting diodes (LEDs): low operating voltage, high efficiency in converting electrons to photons, and high power efficiency. PLECs are also a good option because they do not require the use of metals that are sensitive to air and they can be used on rougher surfaces; these characteristics make them suitable for large-scale manufacturing.
I have been waiting for meta-materials to deliver my chameleon cloak, but perhaps something like these will work too.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday March 29 2015, @05:42PM
So in the future your clothes might emit light? Now if that is computer controlled, that opens up a whole new field for hackers. Imagine using the back of the person in front of you as screen. ;-)
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by VLM on Sunday March 29 2015, @06:29PM
Yeah, imaging your average computer luser never patching or backing up anything and the back of their shirt gets changed to goatse.
Not to mention the panic'ed 2am calls from grannie because her favorite sweatshirt crashed and doesn't have her only copy of some grandkid eating the easter bunny or WTF and surely you being a computer guy can fix this for her.
(Score: 3, Funny) by sigma on Monday March 30 2015, @04:29AM
Yeah, imaging your average computer luser never patching or backing up anything and the back of their shirt gets changed to goatse.
Mine already is.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 29 2015, @06:17PM
The article DOI 10.1038/NPHOTON.2015.37:
A colour-tunable, weavable fibre-shaped polymer light-emitting electrochemical cell [nature.com]
So it's electrochemical cells embedded in plastics? But what's inside these cells?
(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Sunday March 29 2015, @09:40PM
Electrochemicals. And stuff.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday March 29 2015, @10:45PM
In solid or liquid phase?