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Solid-knitting machine builds reconfigurable objects
August 12th, 2024
Despite the large cable, the solid-knitting objects are deceptively firm. Photo: Carnegie Mellon University. A new materials technique has blended the usefulness of knitting needles and yarn with cutting-edge technology to create the equipment and process to make a solid-knit object of almost any kind. Yuichi Hirose first dreamed up this technique when he was […]
Myant and STOLL unveil Digital Textile Factory
June 8th, 2018
STOLL, a German 3D knitting machinery company, and Myant Inc., a Canadian textile computing company, have announced the launch of their Digital Textile Factory. A recent article in Printed Electronics World reports that the collaboration weaves together STOLL's 140-plus years of 3D knitting expertise with Myant's proprietary biometric sensing and actuation technology. The digital factory […]