A new anti-theft system has been created, a woven based fabric that triggers an alarm when is penetrated or cut by an intruder. This new and revolutionary fabric allows the exact point of the break-in to be identified and is cheaper than many other anti-theft systems.
A very important characteristic of this fabric is that it can be hidden anywhere so it acts as an invisible way trick robbers into thinking that you don't have an alarm and can be used in protecting entire buildings. But this fabric incorporates, in fact, a fine web of conductive threads connected to a microcontroller that detects warning signals emitted when the fabric is cut, and triggers an alarm.
The smart fabric was developed by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin in collaboration with the Technische Universität Berlin and ETTLIN Spinnerei und Weberei Produktions GmbH. IZM project manager Erik Simon said, “The fabric could be used to implement an entirely novel, invisible security system for buildings,”.
The fabric along with other materials like concrete or integrated to the rafters of the roof, could be the perfect solution for banks, museums and jeweler's shops. Researchers say that it could also be used with floor materials in combination with pressure sensors, to turn on the alarm if someone enters the room. This would not represent any danger for animals nor humans.
This technology is also very cheap because of the materials with which it is made of. They used standard materials and components such as silver-coated conductive threads and a signal evaluation system.
Erik Simon also explains that this conductive thread can be incorporated in the polyester substrate and the result would be: a fabric that can be trimmed to any length and any surface size.
What do you think about it? Would you have it in your house?
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