While wearable technology has allowed us to monitor our activity in a variety of interesting new ways, perhaps the most interesting angle is in developments in actual fabric itself. The latest example comes via the University of Maryland, whose researchers have developed a fabric that can automatically regulate the amount of heat that passes through it.
The work, which was documented in a recently published paper, saw the construction of a smart fabric from specially engineered yarn that had been coated with a conductive metal. This changes how the fabric interacts with infrared radiation, which in turn transmits or blocks heat.