Venting Patch (IMAGE)

Duke University

Venting Patch

Caption

A prototype patch made of hybrid nylon/silver vents that open in response to a person’s sweat and close again once dry. Requiring no energy, the vents open because the moist nylon must expand but the silver can only curl in on itself.

Credit

Po-Chun Hsu, Duke University

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