Embroidering techniques for smart textiles
The Smart Textiles Design Lab at the Swedish School of Textiles offers articles about graduate students’ research. This one is about incorporating embroidering techniques as a way to create a new aesthetic for smart textiles.
Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work
Quantum dots breakthrough suggests there’s a new future for low-cost, easily manufactured, stable photovoltaic cells. See the October issue of Advanced Textiles Source for new features on photovoltaics.
Multidisciplinary know-how for smart-textiles developers
A book on smart textiles, released this spring, offers basics across several disciplines. Visit the November issue of Advanced Textiles Source for new features on smart textiles and military applications.