Latest Smart Textiles News
Smart options with MDW technology
Swiss textile machinery builder Jakob Müller has woven a textile calculator to demonstrate the capabilities of its new MDW technology.
Promising route to piezoelectric nylon fibres
A new method for producing nylon fibres that are smart enough to produce electricity from simple body movement has been developed in a collaboration between the UK’s…
Strength and sensitivity in carbon fibre sensor
An ultra-sensitive strain sensor that is at the same time extremely resilient can be embedded into textiles and soft robotic systems.
Liquid crystals spun into colour-changing fibres
Electrospinning processes for the production of thermochromic fibres from liquid crystals, which change colour in response to changes in temperature, are being developed by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth…
A digital twin for every garment in the world
Microsoft and New York, USA-headquartered Eon have announced an ambitious plan to initially bring 400m products online by 2025 through their Connected Products project – a collaboration that will…
Major brands back Mylo mushroom leather
Adidas, Kering, Lululemon and Stella McCartney are the major brand names in a consortium that has secured exclusive access to Mylo – a new material made from…
CNTs for advanced water filtration
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created carbon nanotube (CNT) pores which – at just 0.
Microfibre sensors as home-testing kits
Three-dimensional printed microfibre sensors with potential beyond the capabilities of conventional film-based devices have been developed in the UK.
Energy on the move
Empa researchers in Switzerland have developed a material that works like a luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) and can be applied to textile fibres, opening up the possibility…
Simple sintering route for silver skin patches
Sensors have been printed directly onto human skin without the use of heat in an international project led by Huanyu Cheng, at the Pennsylvania State University Department…