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KI ecobe debuts a modular shoe
July 10th, 2017
KI ecobe has developed a new modular shoe designed to transition from home to outdoors, to work and back again. Each part serves a different function of support or comfort. The ecobe insole, outsole, inboot, shoelaces and KI strap can be mixed and matched for a possible 10,215 combinations of colors and styles. Consumers are […]
NASA program facilitates licensing of spinoffs
July 10th, 2017
The job of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program is to support NASA spinoffs, i.e., technologies originally developed to meet NASA mission needs that have been transferred by license to the public and now provide benefits as a commercial product or service. NASA says that its online licensing system, ATLAS, eases the application process by avoiding the […]
SEFAR’s modular system illuminates exhibits in London
July 7th, 2017
Museums offer visitors a visual experience made possible with ideal lighting solutions. SEFAR® Architecture LIGHTFRAME® was chosen to illuminate the displays at the Tate Gallery of Modern Art, allowing works from Van Gogh to Warhol. The museum’s designers, Herzog & de Meuron, were looking for uniform illumination throughout the Tate Gallery, from both natural skylight […]
Indian Textile Industry Aims to Reach US$650 Billion by 2025
July 6th, 2017
Narendra Modi, Honorable Prime Minister of India heralded the strength and capacity of the Indian textile industry at Textiles India 2017 recently in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The event was India’s largest-ever textile industry gathering. Speaking extemporaneously in Hindi and English the prime minister addressed a large audience in Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, providing statistics about India’s […]
Porcher Industries participates in X-Alps adventure race
July 5th, 2017
Porcher Industries is participating in the Red Bull X-Alps adventure race that began July 2. The 2017 course is a straight-line distance of 1138 kilometers across the Alps. Racers may only run, hike or fly their paragliders to navigate the course’s series of turning points that take them from Salzburg, Austria, to Monaco on the […]
Apparel brands sign “We Are Still In”
July 3rd, 2017
In support of the Paris Agreement on climate, some apparel brands, including Under Armour, Timberland, Nike, Levi’s, Gap and Adidas, have signed the “We Are Still In” pledge. The apparel companies are joined by about 1,400 businesses and investors, nine states, 275 colleges and universities, and 178 cities and counties. Fashionating World reports that Nike […]
Making the cooling effect of textiles measurable
July 1st, 2017
Hohenstein Institut für Textilinnovation (HIT) has set out to measure the cooling effect of intelligent textiles. The Institute has created thermophysiological methods and models to objectively determine comfort levels for the wearer. The Institute’s new physical measuring method includes a heat release tester called WATson. The HIT thermophysiological evaluation system will compare the results of […]
RhinoWolf combines camping essentials
June 30th, 2017
Although camping pods by the startup RhinoWolf are made for one or two people, they are also designed with enough flexibility to accommodate a whole family on a camping trip. By combining a sequence of the tent-air mattress-sleeping bag pods, it is possible to make room for the exact number of campers, according to the […]
NCTO files public comments regarding NAFTA
June 29th, 2017
Recently, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) filed public comments with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative outlining the U.S. textile industry’s priorities in the forthcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NCTO Chairman William V. McCrary Jr. said that the U.S. textile industry welcomes the U.S. president’s decision to […]
Interactive Bodyscape lights up movement
June 26th, 2017
An interactive, 3D printed high-fashion garment was inspired by the behavior of the human body, says its creator, Behnaz Farahi, Los Angeles–based designer and technologist. As the wearer moves, “Bodyscape” lights up with LED lighting controlled by a gyroscope tracking her shoulder movements. Not only a technologically advanced fashion item, it raises fashion to the […]