Latest Smart Textiles News

Researchers in China have introduced a new textile engineering approach to fabricate woven and soft actuators for healthcare technologies and robotic systems.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have developed a new smart fabric that can convert body heat and solar energy into electricity, potentially…

A team from Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed thermally insulated and breathable soft robotic clothing that can automatically adapt to changing ambient temperatures, thereby…

A research team led by the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has developed full-colour fibre light-emitting diodes utilising…

US researchers have developed an inexpensive bandage that uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers.

A new fabrication technique from Carnegie Mellon University called solid knitting could one day knit solid three-dimensional items such as footwear or furniture.

Researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Australia, have employed MXene functionalisation to upcycle waste textile fabrics, such as cotton, hemp and polyamide,…

Researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and other institutes in China have developed an intrinsically permeable, three-dimensional integrated and flexible electronic skin.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a wearable fabric that is flexible but can stiffen on demand.

A research team from the School of Fashion and Textiles at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed the iActive sportswear range that features a…