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Researchers thread the world’s first touchscreen into a garment

NUS researchers thread the world's first touchscreen into a garment
The fibers support the functions early generations of smartphones could perform. The 96-by-54-pixel display can run a calculator, show a photo gallery, play a video, work as a compass, respond to voice commands, receive images over Bluetooth, as well as read and display body temperature. Credit: National University of Singapore

Researchers at the National University of Singapore’s College of Design and Engineering (CDE) have developed a fiber that functions as pixels and senses touch at the same time, integrating 54 of them into a sleeve to create the world’s first touchscreen built into a garment.

The sleeve displays images and video, responds to finger presses and connects wirelessly to other devices, yet stays as washable, breathable and flexible as ordinary clothing...

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