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TENCEL offers cotton-waste fabric
September 29, 2016
…Austrian textiles and nonwovens innovator Lenzing AG is launching a new TENCEL® fiber made from cotton waste fabrics. According to a report in the online industry newsletter Textiles Updates,…
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Nano Dimension uses 3D printing to add conduction to fabric
September 23, 2016
…and others. The results demonstrated that the printed silver conductors had enough elasticity to match the properties of the fabric, enabling the creation of “smart” functional fabrics without limitations resulting…
Change characterizes the military market for textiles
September 23, 2016
…and field gear.” MMI, in partnership with Mikan Printing, Mooresville, N.C., launched its new line of MultiCam® printed narrow fabrics in elastic, webbing, binding tape, loop and zipper with jungle…
Texas team’s “smart glass” controls heat and light
September 23, 2016
…associate professor of engineering Delia Milliron and her colleagues have devised a low-temperature, acid-catalyzed condensation of polyniobate clusters to deposit a smart coating on a plastic substrate. The approach also…
Welspun secures patent for augmented reality home decor
September 22, 2016
…about life in other environments. The app brings characters alive in 3D images. Spin Tales is the first smart home-textile products that will be introduced under the TILT umbrella….
Advanced Textiles Conference focuses on automotive market and testing
September 12, 2016
…The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) presents the Advanced Textiles Conference Oct. 18-19 in Charlotte, N.C. The special two-day event is in conjunction with IFAI’s Expo running through Oct….
Priorities change
September 9, 2016
…wearer. But at some point, those choices can only go so far, and that’s where smart fabrics and wearable technology pick up the story. Most observers assume that warfighters—or all…
Adjusting the focus in smart materials for the military
September 9, 2016
…especially important for the emerging smart materials and wearable technology industry, much of which falls into this category Changing considerations The first IEEE* International Symposium on Wearable Computers was held…
New memory device developed for future wearables
September 9, 2016
…layer, memory is erased. In the future, TRAM could be useful to save data from flexible or wearable smart phones, eye cameras, smart surgical gloves, and body-attachable biomedical devices….
Tiny solar cells turn power generation sideways
August 31, 2016
…such as wearable medical sensors, smart watches and even auto-focusing contact lenses, according to information provided by the university. Large, rooftop photovoltaic arrays generate electricity from charges moving vertically. The…