Researchers from Canada’s Université Laval’s faculty of science and engineering and centre for optics, photonics, and lasers have created smart textiles that can get wearers’ biomedical information through wireless or cellular networks. The fibre acts both as a sensor and as an antenna, whose surface can be modified so that it captures information on glucose levels, heart rate, brain activity, movements, spatial coordinates or something. It is created by superimposing multiple layers of copper, polymers, glass, and silver. The fabric is durable but malleable, and can be woven with wool or cotton.
