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Fabdesigns debuts 4D knitting
March 8, 2014
…what we have. This is truly creating smart textiles. “Simply put, this machine gives us vertical, horizontal, thickness, and diagonal controls of fabrics. The industry has just started to embrace…
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Experiencing textiles
February 7, 2014
…repetitive disks, which act as smart power and information hubs. Individual appliances are transformed into an organic network with interrelated functionalities that is also appealing to our senses. In the…
Cityzen Sciences wins CES award
February 7, 2014
…smart fabrics with integrated micro-sensors. It won the Inclusive Innovation award at CES’s inaugural Everyday Health Awards for Innovation for its Smart Monitoring Shirt, which monitors a runner’s heart rate,…
HeiQ introduces new level of ADAPTIVE
February 7, 2014
…support for ADAPTIVE in the form of “video hangtags.” These tags feature customizable QR codes that take the consumer to an explanatory video on their smart phone. The tags are…
Wearable, flexible battery developments
January 30, 2014
…scientists coated nickel on woven polyester fabrics using an electroless deposition method. This approach enabled them to have folding-unfolding capability enhancing the wearability of the material. These electronic textiles performed…
Fresh and clean
January 23, 2014
…maintenance requirements due to larger outlets and less secondary filtration by the fabric in the kitchen. All DuctSox fabrics meet the NFPA 90A building code for fire retardancy for ventilation…
Interactive fabric brings bedtime stories to life
January 11, 2014
…bed linens that interact through a kind of QR code with handheld tablets and smart phones to bring imagery to virtual life. Moving either the fabric or devices allows the…
E-textiles for military markets
January 11, 2014
…we’re doing here is allowing the fabric itself to provide some of the protection for the conductive materials.” Certain performance characteristics are required for all combat uniform fabrics, Winterhalter points…
Analyzing movement—by the clothes we wear
January 11, 2014
…could be collected and evaluated remotely? Dr. Tom Martin, co-director of the Electronic Textiles Lab at Virginia Tech, is building new smart textile applications based on technology he previously developed…
Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology 2014 Launches 13th annual event
January 11, 2014
…Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology 2014 will take place April 23-25 in San Francisco, Calif., at the historic Merchant Exchange building, with special events to be held in the…