Conductive fibers, yo, they're the future. Japan's AIST is back with yet another quirky idea, this time integrating capacitive touch sensors into 1-micron thick nylon fibers. The results is a big old cloth that can sense your loving touch and inform nearby computers of what you're up to. Initial uses ... Read More
Japanese researchers weave capacitive touch into large-area textiles, want to make them wearable (video)
Posted By FirstGadget On March 5th 2011. Under News Tags: capacitive, Japanese, largearea, Researchers, textiles, touch, video, wearable, weave .
Conductive fibers, yo, they're the future. Japan's AIST is back with yet another quirky idea, this time integrating capacitive touch sensors into 1-micron thick nylon fibers. The results is a big old cloth that can sense your loving touch and inform nearby computers of what you're up to. Initial uses ... Read More
Give yourself a cookie if you can still remember as far back as August 29th of last year. That was the day when HP's Phil McKinney teased the world with images of three new prototypes being developed in his company's labs -- there was a tablet, now known as the ... Read More
Researchers find flaws in neodymium magnet crystalline structure, still in love with its personality
Posted By FirstGadget On March 5th 2011. Under News Tags: crystalline, flaws, magnet, neodymium, personality, Researchers, still, structure .
Given China's status as the worlds largest producer of rare earths and its recent proclivity for reducing exports of the stuff, everyone else is looking for ways to reduce dependency on rare earths or optimize the use of these sought-after elements. Well, neodymium is one of those rare earths, and ... Read More
