Proving there’s nothing wrong with looking good while fighting crime, new woven polyester fabrics containing a network of conductive threads connected to a built-in microcontroller will sound the alarm if cut or penetrated. The smart fabrics will not only alert authorities, but it can provide an exact location of the problem.
Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, the fabrics feature interwoven, silver-coated conductive threads that have an advantage over traditional burglar alarms, which rely on optical systems and sensors — these security curtains are less complex. The fabrics are fairly inexpensive, use standard materials and are based on a simple system of signal-evaluation.
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