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GLOBAL INVESTOR 1.16 — 62<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
COLOR–<br />
CHANGING<br />
FABRICS<br />
Imagine you’re on<br />
your way to an important<br />
date and you<br />
notice your jacket<br />
doesn’t match your<br />
pants. It’s too late<br />
to go home and<br />
change your clothes,<br />
so you just touch<br />
your jacket or whistle<br />
a tune and magically<br />
it changes color.<br />
Crazy yes, but possible<br />
thanks to an invention<br />
of Hungarian<br />
designer Judit Eszter<br />
Karpati called<br />
“Chromosonic.” This<br />
is an experimental<br />
electronic textile that<br />
can change color and<br />
pattern in response<br />
to touch and sound.<br />
Aesthetic examples<br />
of smart textiles<br />
include everything<br />
from fabrics that light<br />
up to fabrics that<br />
change color. Some<br />
of these fabrics gather<br />
ambient energy by<br />
harnessing vibrations,<br />
sound, heat or EUV<br />
(extreme ultraviolet<br />
radiation). For<br />
example, colors are<br />
white indoors, but<br />
change colors instantly<br />
when exposed to<br />
daylight. New media<br />
artist and fashion<br />
designer Amy Winters,<br />
the woman behind<br />
the Rainbow Winters<br />
brand, has worked<br />
with such smart<br />
textiles for several<br />
years now.<br />
✖ FOR MORE ON<br />
E-TEXTILES, SEE P. 44<br />
You can find out more<br />
about color-changing<br />
materials by using the<br />
QR code above.
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