E-textiles can be electronic musical instruments

September 18, 2024  |  What's New?

Researchers Dr. Sophie Skach and Dr. Victor Shepardson have been doing research into fabrics, as part of their work in the Intelligent Instruments Lab, University of Iceland. Recently, they devised a set of smart fabrics that can produce sounds like musical instruments when people handle them, produ…
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More sustainable coating developed for protective gloves

September 9, 2024  |  What's New?

Protective gloves, such as those used for work, sport or household gardening, get their protective function from a special coating. This coating provides abrasion resistance, makes the material waterproof and resistant to chemicals or oil, and even protects against cuts and punctures.
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Chalk coating could help clothing cool the wearer

August 26, 2024  |  What's New?

Keeping cool on hot days requires wearing the right clothing, as much as wearing less clothing. A new fabric coating, essentially made of chalk, could help make clothing cooler.
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Researchers develop a breakthrough vascular graft

August 12, 2024  |  What's New?

The University of Edinburgh, U.K., reports that researchers there have developed a novel, two-stage tissue engineering process intended to create better vascular grafts for use in bypass surgeries. Many cardiovascular diseases ultimately require bypass surgery, whereby a vascular graft is installed …
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Motorcycle denim created for protection and comfort

July 29, 2024  |  What's New?

Armalith®, touted as “the world’s strongest denim” by its French manufacturer, announces testing results that describe the product’s seven levels of protection, ranging from the most everyday uses (micro-mobility) to the most extreme (Moto GP). They are expressed by a maximum speed of resis…
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Partnership develops new cooling technology 

July 15, 2024  |  What's New?

Liberta Co. Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, has recently launched HYO-GEKI α, an upgraded version of HYO-GEKI FREEZE TECH cooling wear, combining fabric made with the polymer-based temperature control material Comformer®️ by Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. and Cool Touch Printing technology by Utax Co.…
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Nautilus Defense announces e-textile breakthrough 

July 15, 2024  |  What's New?

Rhode Island defense technology company Nautilus Defense announces a critical advancement in the field of electronic textiles by successfully demonstrating the world's first direct die attach of chiplets to embroidered conductive yarns at a 180µm pitch, a space between yarns that is as thin as a si…
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Passive cooling fabric protects from thermal radiation

June 24, 2024  |  What's New?

In efforts to counter rising heat waves induced by climate change, researchers have created a wearable fabric that can reduce heat from the sun and thermal radiation from nearby buildings. The fabric, named spectrally selective hierarchical fabric (SSHF), selectively emits mid-infrared radiation thr…
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