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German firm offers biodegradable polyester lining
March 6th, 2015
Freudenberg Interlining of Ramstein-Miesenbach is marketing what it calls the first polyester lining to be made from 100 percent biodegradable fibers, and which can be used as a lining to strengthen clothing or parts of garments. The company says it is the first in Germany to gain certification for the biological degradability of a textile product. […]
Feel like you’re in someone else’s shoes with a pair of “Stellvertreters”
March 6th, 2015
What would it be like to walk in someone else’s shoes? Swiss students Lukas Gächter, Olivia Stadler and Ramon Marc of Zürcher Hochschule der Künste have developed "Stellvertreter" shoes that take this time-honored saying quite literally. Their two-component project is designed to convey the movement of one person to another person at another location, making […]
Garmatex using Kickstarter campaign to launch new line
March 6th, 2015
Vancouver, B.C.-based Garmatex Technologies has introduced the Prime4orm shirt with its first Kickstarter campaign. Subscribers to the campaign will be among the first to experience the form-enhancing shirt’s purported ability to improve muscle alignment to reduce fatigue and discomfort, while enhancing posture and performance. The Prime4orm shirt incorporates five of Garmatex’s technologies—AbsorbSkin, IceSkin, RecoverySkin, Bact-Out […]
Bioplastic boot-drying tech passes Marines’ test
March 6th, 2015
After months of testing, the Biovation DryRight tactical boot-drying sheet has received positive feedback from the U.S. Marine Corps. The testing resulted from a Broad Agency Announcement Contract awarded to Biovation in June 2013. These results will lead to the finalization of product design and commercialization in 2015, concurrent with the completion of a final field […]
The global market for solar energy
March 6th, 2015
Frost & Sullivan, a Mountain View, Calif.-based growth consulting firm, estimates that global solar market revenues will grow between 2014 and 2020 despite the economic uncertainty in the global markets. A number of government sponsored initiatives are expected to boost the proportion of energy coming from “green sources” and political willingness will also be a […]
Power from the people
March 6th, 2015
In 1979, I bought a house (yes, I was very young), the direct result of an initiative by President Jimmy Carter to promote solar energy use. Designed for passive and active solar gain, our system partially heated a house for an eventual family of five and generated more hot water than we could use. That […]
Kansai University and Teijin develop piezoelectric fabrics for wearables
March 6th, 2015
Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, and Teijin Ltd. have announced that Prof. Yoshiro Tajitsu, Engineering Science, Kansai University, and Teijin have developed what the company terms the world’s first polylactic acid (PLA) fiber- and carbon-fiber-based piezoelectric fabrics. The new piezoelectric fabrics combine Teijin’s polymer and textile technologies with Prof. Tajitsu’s knowledge of piezoelectric materials. Piezoelectricity is […]
Europlasma introduces nanocoatings for the filtration industry
March 5th, 2015
Belgium-based low-pressure plasma technology company Europlasma presented a series of Nanofics nanocoating solutions at Filtech 2015 in Cologne, Germany, in February. Nanofics refers to nanoscaled functionalization into the core of complex shaped materials and products, and is Europlasma’s patented and patent-pending nanocoating technology platform, first applied on an industrial scale in 1996. The nanocoating solutions […]
Houston to host June JEC Americas Composites Show
March 4th, 2015
The Paris-based JEC Group, a subsidiary of the nonprofit CPC, the Center for Promotion of Composites, will hold its 4th annual JEC Americas Composites Show and Conference in Houston, Texas, June 2-4. The international event, which focuses on innovation and opportunities for the composites materials industry, attracts exhibitors and attendees from around the world and […]
Bayer MaterialScience and IAF collaborate
March 3rd, 2015
Germany’s Bayer MaterialScience and the International Apparel Federation (IAF) of the Netherlands are collaborating to improve innovation and sustainability in the apparel and footwear industry. The partners recently ran a series of INSQIN workshops addressing the concerns of brand owners that use polyurethane (PU) coated fabrics—for example, PU synthetic leather. INSQIN is Bayer MaterialScience’s solution […]