Clothes That Sparkle

The BBC reports on a company called Luminex which has hit on the idea of weaving fibre-optics into fabric, so the wearer can literally light up a room when they enter it:

Luminex’s Cristiano Peruzzi says: “It is a fabric containing, amongst other things, fibre-optics, but there is also a technical side to it.

“The system consists of cabling, and the fibre-optics are lit by high-efficiency LEDs. The system powering it varies according to the function.”

Luminex’s glimmering garments include shining shawls, as well as shirts and trousers that twinkle. But it is not just night-clubbers whose stars are coming out at night.

Cristiano Peruzzi says: “But there are also a whole range of applications that are more technical, such as the security and emergency services.”

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