Scientists just put a powerful computer inside a single thread

Imagine a shirt that feels like any other, but could feed you real-time information about your health and surroundings, heat up and cool down automatically, or even track your travels, giving you data on local transport, restaurants and attractions. Now imagine that the same fiber woven into that shirt could be used to treat neurological diseases, and guide robotic surgery. These are some of the very real outcomes of this new ultra-thin computing thread.

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Category: Materials, Science

Tags: Fudan University, Textile, new material, Fiber, Computers, Smart Fabric, Neuroscience