[转帖]Italian company makes light-up clothing
<p class="u-intro">PRATO, Italy, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Italian company Luminex announced it has been developing clothing products lined with light-generating fiber-optic technology. </p><p>The company has created shirts, pants and shawls that glow using fiber optics, the BBC reported Monday. </p><p>"It is a fabric containing, amongst other things, fiber-optics, but there is also a technical side to it," said Luminex's Cristiano Peruzzi. </p><p>"The system consists of cabling, and the fiber-optics are lit by high-efficiency LEDs (light-emitting diodes). The system powering it varies according to the function." </p><p>"There are more immediate applications, everything from clothes for special events or occasions and accessories, and also household furnishings, cushions etc. </p><p>"But there are also a whole range of applications that are more technical, such as the security and emergency services." </p><p>Peruzzi told the BBC the clothing could save lives in low-visibility rescue situations.<br/></p><p>FROM:http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060828-020135-1596r</p>
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