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Gaia Communication System feels the health of nature
February 24th, 2025
Pavels Hedström introduces Gaia Communication System, a wearable vest and a pair of gloves with sensors. Photo: Pavels Hedström. Pavels Hedström has introduced the Gaia Communication System, a vest and a pair of gloves with sensors so that users feel the health of plants, insects, soil and air. Unveiled under his design practice Inxects, the Swedish […]
Next generation smart textiles are in development
July 29th, 2024
The Loomia Electronic Layer (LEL) is an alternative to flex PCBs, printed ink on TPU and traditional e-textiles. The technology is used to create custom heating, cabling, lighting, and sensing components. Photo: Loomia. In May of 2022, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the research and development arm of the U.S. Office of the […]
Preparing to say, “I told you so”
July 29th, 2024
It’s interesting to me how the smart fabric segment of the advanced textiles industry has found ways to maneuver around the limitations inherent in powering smart fabric products. In essence, a battery in the form of a puck, as it’s now called, provides the power—one way or another. Workarounds have been largely clever manipulations of […]
LOOMIA recognized for “World Changing Idea ”
May 4th, 2020
E-textile innovator LOOMIA was awarded an honorable mention in two general categories by Fast Company and their World Changing Ideas for 2020. The award honors products, concepts, companies, policies and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. The company, with offices in New York City and Palo Alto, Calif. designs and manufactures […]
Smart textile can alert emergency services if wearer is injured
April 23rd, 2020
U.S.-based smart fiber maker Supreme Corp. has created a wearable that can monitor vital signs and impact detection and raise the alarm if the wearer is injured, for instance in a car accident or an assault. The system uses smart yarns combined with a skin patch that can assess changes in vital signs, which allows […]
Wearables are here to stay
October 23rd, 2015
Interest, investment and applications in wearable technology show significant growth patterns. IFAI’s Advanced Textiles Conference in Anaheim, Calif., in October offered attendees a variety of opportunities to learn about the current and projected market, new product offerings and breakthrough technologies in the wearable technology sector. IFAI’s market research manager Jeff Rasmussen reported that the worldwide […]
USA Rugby to use SKINS compression wear
September 25th, 2015
Encinitas, Calif.-based sports compression-wear developer SKINS has partnered with USA Rugby, the sport’s national governing body in America, as an official supplier of compression product. SKINS will provide USA Rugby men's and women's national teams with compression garments for training, travel and recovery. SKINS compression garments have been engineered to apply the greatest amount of […]
Wearable textiles get Department of Defense boost
September 15th, 2015
The smart/wearables textiles sector will get a boost with U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) funding. U. S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has announced the creation of the National Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Hybrid Electronics. According to the U. S. DoD, “FlexTech Alliance,” a consortium of 96 companies, 41 universities, 14 state and local organizations, […]
Convention eyes wearable tech advances
August 19th, 2015
The rapidly growing market for wearable technology will be the focus of Sourcing at Magic, a trade show and conference slated Aug. 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The value of the global wearable-technology market is predicted to reach $20 billion this year and $70 billion by 2025, according to the conference presenters. Wearable […]
Printable, elastic conductors offer wearable possibilities
July 10th, 2015
A new elastic, printable and highly conductive ink developed at the University of Tokyo holds the potential to facilitate electronic apparel, such as sportswear and underwear, incorporating sensing devices to measure such biological indicators as heart rate and muscle contraction. Current printed electronics—transistors, light-emitting diodes and solar panels—can be printed on plastic or paper, but […]