Latest Smart Textiles News
Vest monitors with acoustic sensors record lung function
A technology in which noises in the lungs are recorded using a textile vest with integrated acoustic sensors is being developed by researchers at the...
Wireless sock monitors reduce rate of patient falls in hospitals
A study led by nurses at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center involving 569 hospitalised “fall risk” patients found the use of a wireless...
Chip-free, wireless electronic ‘skin’
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without requiring onboard chips or batteries.
Adaptive artificial muscles made of single-helical wool yarn
As part of an ongoing project focused on textile-based soft actuators, a team of researchers at Jiangnan University in China have developed new artificial muscles...
Flexible device harvests thermal energy to power wearable electronics
University of Washington researchers have developed a flexible, wearable thermoelectric device that converts body heat to electricity as a way of continuously powering wearable electronics.
Engineered mattress tricks the body to fall asleep faster
Bioengineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body...
Graphene nanotubes add functionality to yarns
High demand for interactive electronic textiles has encouraged CoatYarn, an Italian producer of technical/industrial yarns, to expand its production range with a thermoplastic polyurethane yarn...
Form-fitting individually customised face masks
A doctoral candidate in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Architecture has developed a new active fibre and designed a process that, combined with a...
Smart solution for dealing with daily back pain
Myovolt is launching a new platform technology for the treatment and tracking of lower back pain.
Stretchable and washable printed electronic technologies
TNO at Holst Centre in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has developed a platform of thin, stretchable and washable printed electronic technologies for smart clothing and wearable...