海角社区 Develops Smart Textile That Detects Fevers in Infants
January 20, 2023
Sibei Xia, assistant professor in the Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising, received a grant from the Provost鈥檚 Fund for Innovation in Research to develop thermochromic clothing to track newborns鈥� temperatures.
鈥� Annabelle Lang/海角社区 College of Agriculture
Researcher Sibei Xia of the 海角社区 Department of Textiles, Apparel Design, and Merchandising is exploring ways to use 鈥渟mart clothing鈥� to track newborns鈥� temperatures through thermochromic yarn that changes color based on body temperature.
鈥淚f the newborn鈥檚 temperature goes really high, it鈥檚 going to change the hat to a beige color so that we don鈥檛 have to necessarily measure the temperature that often or use other technologies to monitor temperature,鈥� Xia said.
The Provost鈥檚 Fund for Innovation in Research is funding this emerging research. It
supports interdisciplinary research in five priority areas, including biotechnology
and agriculture.