| 文章轉(zhuǎn)載自 世紀君 21世紀英文報 未來衣物會應(yīng)用哪些技術(shù)？隨天氣變化調(diào)節(jié)體溫、依靠動作發(fā)電，還能發(fā)送信號……
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With summer quickly approaching, it’s the time of the year in which people like to switch out their wardrobes for the new season. But how about adding something high-tech to the summer looks? Let’s check out some of the ways in which technology is changing the clothes people wear.
Whatever the weather 隨天氣變化調(diào)節(jié)體溫
A Chinese research team has developed 3D printing techniques that can yield a fabric with the ability to regulate temperatures. The technology they used is phase change materials – materials that change properties depending on the environment. 一個中國科研團隊開發(fā)出一項3D打印技術(shù)，可以制造出能夠調(diào)節(jié)體溫的織物。該技術(shù)使用相變材料，其性能會隨環(huán)境變化而變化。
The team trapped a polymer inside a fabric that can alternate between a crystal and a non-crystal form. While it can absorb heat in its crystal form, it can release heat in its non-crystal form, therefore regulating the wearer’s temperature. 該團隊在這種織物中置入一種聚合物，其形態(tài)可以在晶體和非晶體之間交替轉(zhuǎn)換。聚合物在晶體形態(tài)時可以吸收熱量，而處于非晶體形態(tài)時，又能夠釋放熱量，因此可以調(diào)節(jié)穿戴者的體溫。
Zhang Yongyi, a part of the team who studies nanotechnology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Suzhou, said it is the first time “a scalable and controllable 3D printing strategy” has been used to create such clothing.
Powered by movement
Scientists in South Korea have developed a wearable fabric that generates electricity as it bends and stretches. Wearers only need to move naturally to power small electronic devices.
The clothing incorporates a variety of nanogenerators that can use friction to create energy, which can then be effectively stored. Although the clothes contain a small number of electrical components, the clothing feels completely normal.
Sang-Woo Kim, who works at the Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, is proud of his team’s work in developing the clothing. “It feels like an ordinary jacket,” he told Science News for Students after wearing the clothing developed.
Sending signals
In another amazing research, clothes could serve as devices themselves. A team of engineering students from the University of Washington, US, have led these efforts by stitching conductive thread into cotton t-shirts. The clothing can then send signals that can be received by cellphones.
以上文章內(nèi)容選自《21世紀學(xué)生英文報》高一870期 
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