The smart chain mail fabric that can stiffen on demand

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VOICE OVER: This series of interlocking shapes is a new kind of material.

CHIARA DARAIO: What we created is a new fabric.

VOICE OVER: Designed on a computer and 3D printed.

CHIARA: Very much inspired by the medieval chain mail.

VOICE OVER: With some amazing properties.

CHIARA: Which can be tuned from being soft and foldable to being stiff and rigid.

VOICE OVER: Chiara Daraio and her team had a very specific idea for a new kind of smart fabric.

CHIARA: We really wanted to make a material that can change stiffness on command.

And we were thinking about solutions, for example, for wearable medical devices.

Think about, for example, supports or exoskeletons that, when needed, they could become rigid, like a cast, to provide support or protection to the wearer.

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