Latest Smart Textiles News

Researchers in Singapore have developed a smart wearable sensor that can conduct real-time, point-of-care assessment of chronic wounds wirelessly via an app on a mobile...

Researchers at Stanford University, California, USA, have developed an integrated cooling textile called i-Cool with a functional structure designed for personal perspiration management.

A chemical engineer at the University of Utah has developed a process that transforms apparel fabric into biosensors that measure the electrical activity of muscles...

US engineers at the University of California, Irvine have integrated advanced metamaterials into flexible textiles to create a system capable of battery-free communication between articles...

On 16 November, the Reality Labs team at Meta (formerly known as Facebook) released video footage of chairman and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg trialling...

Grafren, based in Linköping, Sweden, is introducing G-Heatex, a series of graphene-coated textiles that reportedly supply powerful and uniform heat while remaining soft, flexible, breathable...

Footfalls & Heartbeats, based in Nottingham, UK, continues to innovate and push the boundaries of what is possible with knitted textile sensors.

A new application for nonwoven fabrics has recently been pioneered by Germany’s Mann+Hummel as the basis for fine dust particle filters for vehicles, which are...

The effects of the space environment on the human cardiovascular system will be evaluated using the new SmartTex shirt, developed by the German Aerospace Center...

Using specialised carbon nanotubes, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a sensor that can detect SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes Covid-19...