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This Touchscreen Is Woven Into a Sleeve

Researchers in Singapore built 54 touch-sensing fibers into a sleeve to make a 96 × 54-pixel display. After 50 washes it was nearly unchanged. It is still a lab prototype.

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NUS reports that performance was nearly unchanged after 50 detergent washes and after 1,000 bends around a 5 mm radius. The paper says the fiber keeps the flexibility, washability, breathability and mechanical robustness of everyday textiles. Read why

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