Imagine having an item of clothing that cools you in summer and warms you in winter. A sweater that, based on its surrounding environment, regulates its own temperature in response to your personal comfort. Soon that could become reality as scientists at the University of … [Read more...] about Smart fabric can change temperature according to the world around it
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The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. James Geary | June/July 2009 issue A loose thread protruding from my favorite sweater. So this is what everything hangs by; this is what holds it all together. A thread … [Read more...] about The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest