Swicofil
Many products which are in direct contact with a dog’s body are textiles. The idea of working with sensor-enhanced objects led me to swicofil. They make plasma metal coated yarns which can be used in various fields as: - sensors - high-end fashion - embroidery/sewing - medical end uses - electronic components - defense applications - computing - jewelry & luxury A big advantage is the flexibility of the textile being a conductive material. SwicoSilver yarns reach conductivity values of > 1 ohm/cm - SwicoSilver HiCon values of even > 0.05 ohm/cm. Losing energy by badly conductive materials would be problematic because it would affect the body-related prototypes’ size and weight. The picture below shows some possibilities on how to apply the conductive yarn to other textiles.
A piece of polyester FDY with plasma silver coating. After 60 household washing cycles 81% of the silver is still there.
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