Category: Smart Textiles

Whhop

US paratroopers stress-testing Whoop device

Alaska-based US Army paratroopers have been equipped with biometric data-collecting wearables for a six-month project to analyse how they deal with everyday challenges in arctic…

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Major benefits in the transfer printing of stacked circuits

Conductive Transfers, based in Barnsley, UK, has now printed more than 40,000 of its stacked circuits for use in the Innovo urinary incontinence treatment shorts…

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Cardio and biochemical readings from a single skin patch

The first wearable device that can monitor both cardiovascular signals and multiple biochemical levels in the human body at the same time has been developed at the University of…

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Dry powder route to beauty with D-Preg

A new dry, bio-based, electrospun beauty mask has been shown to reduce the presence of forehead wrinkles and crows-feet around the eyes and to moisturise…

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Nasa

Supersonic brake for the Mars landing

UK technical textiles producer Heathcoat Fabrics supplied the fabric for the parachute with which NASA’s Perseverance Rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars on…

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Smart diaper solution for incontinence

Personal hygiene group Ontex has developed a smart diaper that automatically alerts caregivers when the pad needs to be changed.

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Bristol

Silent power for robotic assistance clothing

Reliatrace, based in Amery, Wisconsin, USA, has secured a US Patent for a self-regulating flexible heating device.

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MIT

Spontaneous assembly of tough nanoribbons

For the past couple of decades, scientists and engineers have been following nature’s lead, designing molecules that assemble themselves in water, with the goal of…

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UC face mask

Inexpensive Covid-19 sensor for face masks

In another development at University of California San Diego, a colour-changing test strip can be attached to a face mask and used to detect SARS-CoV-2 in a…

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Bandage

Nanosensors detect infections in smart bandage

Researchers at the University of Rhode Island have developed a smart bandage that can detect and monitor an infection in a wound via the integration…

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InnovationLab

Preventing ulcers with printed sensors

A smart mattress cover has been developed in Germany with the potential to reduce the risk of developing decubitus ulcers – the potentially life-threatening pressure…

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FAMUFSA

Enhanced electrical composites via 3D printing

A method of increasing the electrical performance of composites infused with graphene nano-platelets could change the way materials are designed and manufactured, researchers at Florida…

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UCBerkely

Berkeley wearable enables interaction

A device that can recognise hand gestures based on electrical signals detected in the forearm is being developed at University of California, Berkeley.

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BioSticker

Covid-19 project attracts US$2.8m funding

Royal Philips and continuous health monitoring company BioIntelliSense will receive almost US$2.

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ARM

Giving garments enough grip for robots

Despite being universally adopted in many areas of traditional manufacturing, industrial robots have failed to find a place in garment sewing applications due to their…

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Surfaceskins infection control pull handle

The Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute (NIRI) based in Leeds, UK, has launched a new Surfaceskins infection control pull handle.

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