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OK, so you may not count wall paper as a fabric, but go with it…

NewScientists latest inventions feed has reported on the design by Phillips of new wallpaper that contains strips of electrically conducting wire. Their intention is incase you want to change your lighting arrangements you can just stick new lights in at different spots on your wall without having to peel the paper off, remove the plaster, place cables, mount sockets, replas…yawn. I applaud the idea - especially if other devices can use the same principles - TOTALLY wireless devices!!!….As long as they are stuck into a wall…

I am curious to see how a wall of minimalist magnolia would look with loads of pin holes in it from multiple movements of lights though….hmmm.

Nice idea - few wrinkles to iron out though I think.

For more see the NeScientist inventions blog (linked above) - absolutely worth a read anyway!

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Nature (and the BBC) are reporting a development in nanowires - their potential for integration into fabrics, which when moved (or worn and moved about in) will allow the build up of charge. The gold-coated nanowires work on a piezoelectric principle - a mechanical input generates a charge, for instance as the nanowires rub against each other.

I think this falls in step behind the cellulose paper covered in nanotubes (paper battery) discovery late last year - infact it is a logical progression of the technology, one which I hope will be pursued; my sony ericsson phone batttery has the life- span of a fruit fly!

Medical applications are bound (internal inplants etc) to be considered, but I want to know when I’m going to be able to plug my iPod into my jeans and when digital cameras come with a T-shirt adapter!?

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