In the coming feature bra will be able to detect breast cancer.Scientists at the University of Bolton are developing a bra that can detect the early-stage breast cancer.Experts working on the smart bra say that it will be able to spot cancer before a tumour can develop and spread.
Elias Siores said that it could emit two warnings,audible or visual or both.He is the director of the Center for Materials Research and Innovation at the University of Bolton in the U.k.Initally,his team is focusing on the concept of bra to detect breast cancer.The device could work in briefs to spot prostrate cancer as well.
They are using microwave radiometry.Tiny,fiber-like antennas would be woven into each side of the bra.These antennas would sense the small temperature change in the internal tissue.Cancerous tumors have a different temperatur than the surrounding tissue.Then,the conducting polymers in the fabric would transmit the signal to a small computer chip.This chip would filter the information.Then the software would evaluate the information and sound an alarm if conditions indicated the likely presence of cancerous cells.
"This is a truly innovative idea to use some pretty advanced electronics for the detection of breast cancer," said Brian McCarthy, director of TechniTex Faraday, Manchester, U.K., a private company that promotes scientific development.This 'Smart bra will be in the market within thenext two years.
In the coming feature bra will be able to detect breast cancer.Scientists at the University of Bolton are developing a bra that can detect the early-stage breast cancer.Experts working on the smart bra say that it will be able to spot cancer before a tumour can develop and spread.
