Philips have been interested in making clothes with wearable displays on for a long time but have never managed to work out the logistics of it.
The main problem has been that the liquid crystals which are used in flexible displays are usually only existing in a glass- like state which means it limits the amount the can bend.
However, breakthrough!! Philips think it may be possible to build liquid crystals displays which are a lot more flexible by imprinting a cell-like structure onto an ordinary fabric using a stretchy elastomeric material such as silicone to create each pixel.
The pixels would then be filled with a flexible electro- optical material like a non- glassy liquid crystal or a plasma. Conducting fibres within the material then make each pixel addressable. The result is a display that has the same material properties as a fabric.
Could this be the future of clothing..? Using your clothes to display personal fashion statements or displaying information on your t-shirt!
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