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Future Fabrics May Even Detect Bleeding and Call for Help

The garments on our backs could do much more than protect us from the cold in the future. They could monitor our health systems, protect us from viruses and possibly even automatically call for help if we are injured. In the latest round in the quest for clever clothes, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed yarn that looks and acts like regular yarn. But it can detect the presence of blood, making it theoretically possible to make clothes that will alert the command post if a... Full Story
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