Durable material gloves with fibre optics interwoven in-between the material layers. These fibres conduct light which shines all over the gloves, especially at the finger tips. They would be battery powered and use a small bright LED bulb located at the back of the hand or and the wrist (along with a power button, brightness control etc). I think this would be useful for mechanics and other professions were the light source might be obstructed, allowing the user to see what they’re doing with their hands. There might have to be some way of turning off the light that’s shining back in the users face so there not dazzled as they work. I daresay its possible to produce with current technology!
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Cool. Instead of putting lights all over, which would cause glare, you could put them only on the inside of the fingers and palm. That would tend to light the things that you are holding or reaching for.
Thinking about this some more, it occurred to me that you could do this easily without the fiber optics. You could simply attach an LED to the underside of the wrist. It could be on a glove of even just a strap like a wrist watch. It would shine on the inside of the hand and reflect onto whatever is below it. A glove with a white palm and a black back would maximize reflection and minimize glare, but it wouldn't be really necessary. It's easier to work on many things with bare hands.
On the basis of the last suggestion it might be a good idea to have a small LED light on a wrist strap on the underside to make a useful light with or without gloves.
Sand, that was exactly what I meant. Maybe I didn't make it clear.