Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq poses at his office in a clinic in Nice December 16, 2011, holding a defective silicone gel breast implant, which was removed from a patient and manufactured by French company PIP.
Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq poses at his office in a clinic in Nice December 16, 2011, holding a defective silicone gel breast implant, which was removed from a patient and manufactured by French company PIP. Reuters

A "bionic bra" has been created by researchers at the University of Wollongong, in New South Wales, to help tighten the breast movement automatically. This move will help those women who like to work out as well as those women who love running.

Professor Julie Steele from Breast Research Australia said that people hadn't taken the time to put science behind understanding things that needed doing. She said that the sizing systems were many years old and women had to confront many bras from the same manufacturer with the same size but it did not have the ability to support the same amount of breast, reported ABC Local.

Professor Steele dedicated a part of her career to improvise the breast comfort for women. She said that many of the sports bras were uncomfortable as they were either too tight or the straps dug in. She said that the researchers worked on a bra that could provide support as well as comfort for women.

According to the Daily Mail, it took the researchers 15 years to develop the "bionic bra." It has hidden sensors which help in monitoring and controlling the movements of the breast.

The executive research director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Professor Gordon Wallace, said that the team had discovered new actuators and sensing technologies because of which the progress of the "bionic bra" accelerated. He said that they had the ability to make things from advanced materials which recently was enhanced to a great extent because of the advent of new approaches to fabrication like 3D printing.

Professor Wallace explained that the advent of new approaches had helped them assemble structure that made use of the new sensing technologies to monitor movement as well as control it through new artificial muscle technologies in a more accurate manner. He added that this helped and inspired them to confront the challenges that was involved to make the "bionic bra."

He said that they used artificial materials to create the bra. He explained that they engineered nano particles as they engender electrical conductivity into a fibre. This process helps the bra to stretch, changing the conductivity over a wide range.