Archive: April 2024
Nanofibres rid water of hazardous dyes
Dyes, such as those used in the textile industry, are a major environmental problem: at the Vienna University of Technology, efficient filters have now been…
Real-time soundscapes using soft interfaces
The Dung Dkar Cloak, a Hungarian art-led multidisciplinary research project, is an interactive installation combining digital jacquard weaving, sound synthesis, fractal geometry and algorithmic thinking…
Intelligent waterproofing system for flat roofs
At April’s Techtextil trade fair held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a Techtextil Innovation Award was presented to CITEVE, the Portuguese technological centre for the…
Smart pump keeps garments dry
At April’s Techtextil trade fair in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, LunaMicro was awarded a Techtextil Innovation Award in the New Technology category for its electro-osmotic…
Battery-free fibre illuminates textiles
An electronic fibre designed by researchers at Donghua University, Shanghai, China, is flexible enough to be comfortably woven into clothing and other textiles and does…
Fabrication and reliability of e-textiles
At an E-Textiles Network webinar held in April, Dr Paula Veske-Lepp, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, discussed the fabrication and reliability of e-textiles…
Machine learning creates fabric-based touch sensor
A new study from North Carolina State University combines three-dimensional embroidery techniques with machine learning to create a fabric-based sensor that can control electronic devices…
Wearable technology for stroke rehabilitation
The UK’s University of Hertfordshire and Myovolt have joined forces to develop wearable technology to improve the functional mobility of people living with disabilities caused…
Making remote hugs tangible with virtual skin contact
Technology that will enable children in hospital isolation wards to feel in a natural way the close physical proximity of their parents during virtual visits…