Two researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a process to coat cotton clothing and textiles with titanium dioxide so that, when exposed to sunlight or artificial UV, the “dirt, pollutants and micro-organisms” that have collected on the treated fabric will be broken down and presumably fly right off into the air, and only some of it will go up your nose.
One of the researchers, Dr. Xin, says the self-cleaning clothes are ideal for people who lack the time to wash their clothes, like “military people”, or hikers, or people who have to take care of the meddlesome Dr. Benton Quest and that infuriating tow-headed boy of his before they ruin everything.
