All types of clothing can be made from the fabric
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Smelly socks could be a thing of the past after a Kent-based company helped invent a fabric which can keep fresh for up to 30 days.
Quest International, based in Ashford, joined forces with The Woolmark Company to create a method called sensory perception technologies.
The new technology distributes benefit laden particles such as moisturiser, deodorant, fragrance, fresheners, vitamins, or even anti-tobacco agents to any fabric through a process called micro encapsulation.
Speaking on BBC South East Today Shibani Mohindra, from Quest International, said: "The best way to think about it is billions and billions of microscopic bubbles and they are coated on the socks.
The fabric contains billions and billions of bubbles
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"When you move about and get agitated the little bubbles burst and whatever is in them is released."
"It is for any textile, whether its is a curtain or a carpet or a T-shirt."
She added: "Until, now textiles have only utilised the senses of vision and touch but a new way of looking at the impact of senses on our lives, Sensism, will revolutionise the textile industry."