"Smart" Textiles

"Smart textiles // intelligent fibres // chameleon fibres // fibres with possibilities to interact with its surrounding environment.

eg;
+ Photochromatic - interacts with ultra violet light and UV
+ Thermochromatic - interacts with temperature change
+ electrochromatic - interacts with electric currency
+ piezochromatic - interacts with pressure



Clothing label, American Apparel sell a tee shirt that is made with a temperature sensitive pigment which changes between two colors - one when cold and one when warm. The thermochromatic material reacts to different heat temperatures. In normal room temperature the colour won't change. The change occurs around 37 degrees celsius.

http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/rsa6407tc.html?cid=200&c=Hyper%20Fast-BlueExamples of Smart Textures.