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Thursday, 7th May 2009 (1189 views)

An Australian designer has developed a way to use nanotechnology to add additional functionality to clothing and jewellery.

Leah Heiss, a lecturer in interior design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, has experimented in incorporating the technology - which often involves the use of gold - into items such as necklaces and rings, the Canadian Press reports.

In theory, this could lead to jewellery items that can also store and apply insulin patches, or contain mesoporous iron oxide that can be added to water in order to make it safe for drinking.

"My interest is how you can augment things you love and cherish to do something else, give them extra functionalities," explained Ms Heiss.

Her conceptual designs have been on show in Australia and across Europe, however, clinical trials will have to take place before the ideas can be introduced to the market.

In related news, nanotechnology will begin to have a greater influence in the construction sector in the coming years, the Indian Express has suggested.

 

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