The soldier of the future might be able-bodied to see in all directions at the same fourth dimension . Researchers at MIT have develop a fabric made of fibre that can “ take photograph ” of its surround .
The individual fibers are compose of two wrap - up semiconducting glass stratum , surface in an dielectric . When light interact with the semiconductor , the current changes through the fibre , thus supply a way of measuring how much light is hitting the cloth .
The resulting data can be run through a computer to create a “ photograph ” of whatever is near the cloth . The color of the light can be find by comparing one semiconductor canvass ’s information with the other .
All of that data eventually becomes a full scale photo of the fabric ’s surroundings . The research worker tested their fabric camera , too , reporting their results in Nano Letters . The material could take a exposure of an 800 micron smiley face .
Further developing could conduce to larger fabric sample distribution , or even military uniforms that can record what ’s occur all around a soldier . The potential applications of this are passably amazing .
Flexible material that takes ‘ takes picture ’ [ viaPhysicsWorld ]
newspaper , “ Exploiting Collective Effects of Multiple Optoelectronic Devices desegregate in a Single Fiber ” [ Nano Letters ]
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