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1 August 2009
MIT researchers have developed light-detecting fibres that, when woven into a web, act as a flexible camera. It is envisaged that the fabric could be joined to a computer that could provide information on a small display screen attached to a visor, providing a soldier, for example, greater awareness of his surroundings.