It won't be too long before those new threads sport some kind of
socially-infused assistants or help you
regulate body temperature, but if researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have their say, your
garb could end doing a lot more than that. Following up on discoveries made over six years ago at Harvard and Cambridge, the scientists have devised microscopic chain mail made from miniscule metal links, which could ultimately be woven into "3D textiles." Aside from feeling a bit like Sir Lancealot, the chain-like structures could have electronics and sensors built right in, and the flexible fabric could also conduct electricity when not beaming
secret messages or being used as one large homing device for the cops to track you down. Novel as this may sound, wearing a proverbial lighting rod isn't really our bag, so hopefully the cotton biz will continue to do its own thing for old timers' sake.
posted Feb 22nd 2007 3:48AM
If I get one I could be closer to being a ROBOT.
If they're worried about being electrocuted, they should just find a Mage to enchant it into Lightning Mail. Of course, mail that thin couldn't possibly provide much of a DEF bonus, so I guess it's probably not really worth it...
I'm pretty sure this was on the show "2057"
Electronic mithril?
Still an issue of what's going to power all these sensor and electronics, its pretty bulky and unsafe to ware a battery in your shirt.
"...its pretty bulky and unsafe to ware a battery in your shirt"
Uhhhh, people carry batteries on their person all the time, sometimes in their shirts even. They're called cell phones and PDAs.
I wouldn't worry too much about being a lightning rod...unless you're out in the middle of a really large flat field during a lightning storm...in which case you're screwed no matter what you're wearing cuz you're the tallest thing out there...
We could replace our tin-foil hats with this, but do we really trust it???
Yeah but you missed the biggest downside of all.. it only works if you forward it on to seven people in your address book within 10 minutes of putting it on.
It is a very nice idea !