Functional Fibers
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:24 am
Was listening to Science Friday a few weeks ago and heard this story. Thought the geeks here might find it interesting.
Basically, MIT researchers found a way to make fibers that can detect two particular wavelengths of light. They can then weave those fibers into a fabric. That fabric can then act like a camera that doesn't require a lens. My first thought was how incredibly useful that would be for espionage purposes.
Basically, MIT researchers found a way to make fibers that can detect two particular wavelengths of light. They can then weave those fibers into a fabric. That fabric can then act like a camera that doesn't require a lens. My first thought was how incredibly useful that would be for espionage purposes.
--AlanScience Friday wrote:Researchers have been able to build a fabric-based camera out of a mesh of light-sensitive fibers. Writing in the journal Nano Letters, a team at MIT describes engineering optoelectronic fibers capable of detecting the direction and wavelength of incident light. The team then used those fibers to build an assembly of those fibers that can detect images without the use of a lens.
Great stuff! Going to be some interesting applications.