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Smart clothing can boost signal, save battery life
- Friday | 16th August, 2019
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Researchers in Singapore have invented ‘smart’ clothing they say can boost signals and save battery life on wireless devices such as headphones and smart watches. The invention called “metamaterial” allows radio waves like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to glide across clothing between wearable devices instead of radiating outwards in all directions. This means sensors and wearable technology such as Apple Watches and AirPods can establish stronger connections faster and save energy, the scientists at National University of Singapore said. The Singapore team have obtained a provisional patent on the design of the textile, which can be washed, dried and ironed like normal clothing and costs just a few dollars per metre to produce. (Reporting by Yiming Woo; Writing by John Geddie; Editing by Karishma Singh and Darren Schuettler)Likes
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