A high tech-shirt created by a fashion designer has the ability to transform from a plain black color to a full connecting pattern when exposed to different types of pollution present in the air.
The shirt uses an environment-sensitive dye technology. It is the first time that this tyoe of technology have been applied to an outfit. This creation is pointing to a conjunction of both fashion and technology, mirror.co.uk reported
This high-tech receptive clothing is made by New York designer Nikolas Bentel.
Bentel's Aerochromics collection is composed of three shirts. Each one responds to different types of noxious waste, the carbon monoxide, particle pollution and radioactivity.
The first of three shirt works like a carbon monoxide spot indicator, it simply turns black when there's a presence of carbon monoxide and clear when there's none. He says that carbon monoxide will be oxidized by chemical salts when it touches the clothing. This process causes the change of colors to the shirt. The dye is contains chemical salts made from transition metals. The metal salts gets oxygen from the air once the carbon monoxide is removed. This changes the substance back to its usual chemical form and the gauge spot changes back to its original shade. Basically, the substance regenerates itself in the air.
The second shirt highlights two small sensors, one on both front and back respectively. The sensors activates and alerts the small micro-controller rooted on the collar of the shirt when the shirt is exposed on the area that has particle pollution like dust or smoke. Each dot is linked to a round heat pad that the micro-controller triggers and every patch contains thermo-chromic dye that changes its colors when the cover heats up. The patches has layer of insulation which protects the dots from outdoor temperatures. By that, it preserves the heat in the dot.
The final shirt is intended to react to radioactivity. Its dye is made up of nontoxic, chemical process indicator which changes the color that varies upon gamma or electron beam radiation exposure. The more exposure level the greater the increase in color. The shirt will not come back to normal if you are exposed in a sizable amount of radiation, Digitaltrends reported.
The two shirts priced at $500 each while $600 for the radiation shirt.
