New soft robots could self-navigate unknown spaces

March 25, 2024  |  What's New?

Researchers have developed a new soft robot design that engages in three simultaneous behaviors: rolling forward, spinning like a record, and following a path that orbits around a central point. The device, which operates without human or computer control, holds promise for developing soft robotic t…
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Thermal shielding technology for military unveiled

March 11, 2024  |  What's New?

Carrington Textiles has revealed a new technology for the defense market called “Stealth,” which is designed to advance thermal signature management via a highly conductive textile technology for superior thermal shielding on the battlefield.
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Nextiles Launches AI-powered Intensity Zones 

February 26, 2024  |  What's New?

Nextiles, a smart fabric technology provider for coaches and athletes, has announced its Personalized Intensity Zones, a new algorithm to track stress for Nextiles Arm Sleeve and App users. The new product provides immediate feedback on how hard each athlete throws. The algorithm assigns a zone fr…
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Artificial muscle fibers could serve as cell scaffolds

February 12, 2024  |  What's New?

In two new studies, North Carolina State University (NC State) researchers designed and tested a series of textile fibers that can change shape and generate force like a muscle. In the first study, the researchers focused on the materials’ influence on the artificial muscles’ strength and contr…
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Exoskeleton helps Parkinson’s patients overcome “gait freeze”

January 29, 2024  |  What's New?

People with Parkinson's disease frequently develop a problem known as "gait freeze," in which their legs simply stop stepping forward as they're walking. A new powered exoskeleton, however, has proven to be very effective at keeping the legs going. Building upon a previous project, the experimental…
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Bio-materials company announces first shipments of commercial Fine Mycelium™

January 15, 2024  |  What's New?

MycoWorks, a San Francisco-based biomaterials company and maker of new mycelium-grown materials, has announced that its commercial-scale Fine Mycelium™ plant has successfully harvested over a thousand sheets of the company's luxury leather-alternative biomaterial, achieving a level of product qual…
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Sleep health technologies to be launched

December 18, 2023  |  What's New?

Sleep technology brand DeRUCCI Group has announced that it will be launching a new line of sleep health technologies in January 2024, including smart mattresses, anti-snore pillows, intelligent height adjustable pillows and other smart sleep solutions.  
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Side-by-side conductivity and flexibility

December 18, 2023  |  What's New?

Electrically conductive "smart fabrics" have many potential applications, but their specialized fibers typically aren't as soft and flexible as those made of regular materials. An experimental new two-faced fiber, however, is both flexible and conductive.
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