Scientists claim to have created self-cleaning clothes.
It means children's sports kits and other garments could be worn several times between washes.
The breakthrough mirrors the 1951 film The Man In The White Suit, starring Alec Guinness. He played an inventor who develops a cloth that never gets dirty.
A British firm have now won the licensing rights to develop the technology. John Almond, a director of Alexium, claims self-cleaning sports kits could be in shops within a year of a deal being signed with manufacturers.
He said: "We are expecting sportswear to be one of the biggest areas in which this technology will be used.....We are now talking to some major sportswear brands to use this technology, but there are hundreds of other applications we are investigating."
"These range from hospital bedding and nurses' uniforms to air conditioning filters on planes."
The new technology uses microwaves to fix microscopic particles permanently to the fibres of clothing.
ETA: 2007-2008
Implications ? Impacts?
- what will this do to the sales of laundry detergents ?
- with less wear and tear, will the replacement cycle for laundry washers become longer resulting in loss of business?
- have all potential health concerns (i.e. skin contact, re-application) regarding nanoparticles been addressed?
- will dry cleaners suffer, steadily loosing of business?
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In theory sounds a good idea but can't see such clothes being in shops within a year - and will it really work? And would be concerned about health effects, even if say safe we all know what is good for us one day, is suddenly bad for us the next.
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