Smart exoskeleton for dogs helps them walk again 

February 9, 2026  |  What's New?

An attachable powered exoskeleton for dogs named “Repawse” allows them to walk again after an injury or illness. A design project led by Zhou Leijing and her team in Hangzhou, China, the device is worn on the pet’s hind legs to support their movement.
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Swiss startup announces smart socks for sensing and pain

January 8, 2026  |  What's New?

ETH Zurich spin-off MYNERVA has created a smart sock that can help people with diabetes feel the ground again while walking. Named Leia, the device has electrodes sewn into it, which restores the user’s sensation to the foot sole as well as reduces their chronic pain. When the electrodes stimulate…
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Finger bandage-like device can “feel the digital world” 

December 15, 2025  |  What's New?

Engineers at Northwestern University have created VoxeLite, a bandage-like device that stretches around the fingertip to let users “feel the digital world.’” Comprising a series of nodes, the wrap helps create digital touch that replicates the way a human fingertip senses real-life touch. This…
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Study shows advantages of new wound healing technology

December 15, 2025  |  What's New?

From silver nanofibers to smart, sensory-packed dressings, the next generation of wound-healing technology is blurring the line between biology and engineering. As scientific understanding and technology have improved, so, too, have the approaches developed to aid wound healing and infection control…
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These boots are made for walking—on the moon

December 8, 2025  |  What's New?

As NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon approaches, the Emerging Technologies Conference at ATA’s Expo 2025 offered an update on the preparations. In a session titled, “Creating the Artemis Lunar Boots,” Morgan Campbell revisited the challenges human space travel has always faced, focusing on …
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Freudenberg offers binder-free PLA/wood pulp nonwovens

November 10, 2025  |  What's New?

With its new PLA/wood pulp materials that use no chemical binder, Freudenberg Performance Materials says that it has achieved a technological breakthrough with sustainability benefits. The company’s innovative materials combine the advantages of both components, addressing the needs of specific se…
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Infrared-responsive textile is launched

November 10, 2025  |  What's New?

Akira Kumada, SOLAMENT™ product manager, Takisada-Nagoya Co. Ltd., spoke on the company’s infrared-responsive textile at ATA’s Emerging Technology Conference Nov. 4 in Indianapolis, Ind.
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Cephalopods inspire soft robotics’ skin

October 27, 2025  |  What's New?

Inspired by the color-changing ability of cephalopods such as octopi and squid, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers are developing a material that could one day be used in sensors and soft robotics applications.
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Lamp changes brightness by pressing its stretchable textile

September 22, 2025  |  What's New?

WINT Design Lab, which focuses on sustainable product innovations, and electronics firm Fraunhofer IZM have partnered to produce a lamp that can change its brightness when the user presses the surface’s stretchable textile. “Soft Interfaces” uses a liquid metal dispensing technology placed ins…
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AI helps chemists develop tougher plastics

August 22, 2025  |  What's New?

A new strategy for strengthening polymer materials could lead to more durable plastics and cut down on plastic waste, according to researchers at MIT and Duke University. Using machine learning, the researchers identified crosslinker molecules that can be added to polymer materials, allowing them to…
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