A fabric alarm?

When you think of security measures you would think of materials in terms of iron, steel, cement , concrete, and other strong materials that infuse confidence in security. You would not be thinking in terms of flimsy fabrics of any kind, and you would be missing out on the opportunity to use a revolutionary security  measure.

An almost invisible fabric based burglar alarm is the latest in security technology. This smart fabric is essentially a fine web of conductive threads which is connected to a micro controller. If it is cut the action triggers a warning alarm that includes the exact location of the breach.

The fabric can be used under wall tiles of a building,or laid over the floor under wall to wall carpeting, or laid on the rafters of a roof to provide an additional layer of invisible security for the building. It could even be used in the construction stage and integrated right into the concrete used to construct the building.

The revolutionary fabric was the product of an ongoing scientific  collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, Berlin, the Techische University Berlin, and ETTLIN Spinnerei und Weberei Production GmbH. The current flowing through the fabric is too weak to pose a threat to humans but is more than enough to trigger an alarm.