Cornell Professor Develops Cotton Fabric That Charges Your Electronics

Treehugger:

Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, has developed cotton threads that, while remaining flexible and comfortable to wear, can conduct electric current as well as a metal wire.

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Comments

[Angie Cordeiro]

01:09 AM on 03/11/2010

Is it safe; will it interfere with our bodies own subtle impulses?

[iblogleft]

12:07 AM on 03/11/2010

I was under the impression that cotton uses more than 50% of our pesticides­, yet it is less than 3% of our crop production­. Has that changed over the years?

[Gasparilla]

08:19 PM on 03/10/2010

No wonder my underwear was tingling today. Wait a minute....