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September 9, 2016

Smart Clothing of the Future Will Automatically Adjust Itself According to the Wearer's Actual Needs

Mar. 9, 2016 — Scientists have developed new technology that takes care of the thermal, moisture and flow-technical behavior of smart clothing. The temperature of smart clothing, for example, is automatically ... read more

Millennials More Likely Than Older Adults to Donate Clothing Rather Than Trash It

Mar. 8, 2016 — A professor of textile and apparel management has found that younger adults from ages 18-34 are much less likely to throw old clothes and other textile waste into the garbage than older ... read more

Researchers Tailor Power Source for Wearable Electronics

Dec. 16, 2015 — Researchers have developed flexible wire-shaped microsupercapacitors that can be woven into a jacket, shirt or ... read more

Stretch the New Flex for Programmable Rubber Keyboard

Nov. 24, 2015 — Scientists have developed a soft, flexible, stretchable keyboard using a type of rubber known as a dielectric elastomer. The keyboard was made from a single laminated structure with two sensing ... read more

Smart Fabric Provides 'Air Conditioning' for the Wearer, Adjustable With a Mobile App

Nov. 5, 2015 — Scientists have developed a new high-volume production method for hot embossing microscopic channel structures onto large areas of plastic film at a low cost for use, for example, in wearable ... read more

Simulating Technical Textiles Perfectly

Nov. 3, 2015 — Technical textiles have unique requirements to meet. Compression bandages, for example, should put pressure on the human tissue, therefore the stretchability of the material has to be right. ... read more

New Graphene-Coated 'E-Fabrics' Detect Noxious Gases

Oct. 12, 2015 — Scientists have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED ... read more

Wearable Sensing Fabrics: Knit It, Braid It, Turn It on and Use It

Oct. 9, 2015 — Researchers are using traditional kitting and braiding fabrication techniques to produce electrically conducting, wearable fabrics capable of sensing a wide range of human ... read more

Highly Flexible and Wearable Tactile Sensor for Robotics, Electronics and Healthcare Applications

Sep. 23, 2015 — Scientists have developed a wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile sensor that is small, thin, highly flexible and durable. Simple and cost-effective to produce, this novel device is very ... read more

Unique Production Experiment in Progress: Turning Waste Cotton Into New Fiber for Fashion Industry

Sep. 22, 2015 — Old worn-out cotton clothing can be turned into new fibers for the textile industry using a cellulose dissolution technique. A group of Finnish organizations has launched a project in the course of ... read more

Super-Stretchable Metallic Conductors for Flexible Electronics

Sep. 8, 2015 — Researchers have discovered how to stretch metal films used in flexible electronics to twice their size without breaking. The discovery could lead to dramatic improvements and addresses one of the ... read more

Fiber-Like Light Emitting Diodes for Wearable Displays

Aug. 11, 2015 — A research team has developed fiber-like light emitting diodes, applicable to wearable ... read more

New Conductive Ink for Electronic Apparel

June 25, 2015 — Researchers have developed a new ink that can be printed on textiles in a single step to form highly conductive and stretchable connections. This new functional ink will enable electronic apparel ... read more

Stretchy Sensors Can Detect Deadly Gases and UV Radiation

June 10, 2015 — Researchers have created wearable sensor patches that detect harmful UV radiation and dangerous, toxic gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen ... read more

Graphene Holds Key to Unlocking Creation of Wearable Electronic Devices

May 11, 2015 — Groundbreaking research has successfully created the world's first truly electronic textile, using the wonder material, ... read more

Making Robots More Human: Wearable Sensors Read Human Facial Expressions

Apr. 29, 2015 — Most people are naturally adept at reading facial expressions -- from smiling and frowning to brow-furrowing and eye-rolling -- to tell what others are feeling. Now scientists have developed ... read more

Hyper-Stretchable Elastic-Composite Energy Harvester

Apr. 13, 2015 — Scientists have developed a hyper-stretchable elastic-composite energy harvesting device called a ... read more

Holding Energy by the Threads: Researchers Spin Cotton Into Capacitive Yarn

Mar. 5, 2015 — While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device. A doctoral student has ... read more

Energy-Generating Cloth Could Replace Batteries in Wearable Devices

Mar. 4, 2015 — From light-up shoes to smart watches, wearable electronics are gaining traction among consumers, but these gadgets' versatility is still held back by the stiff, short-lived batteries that are ... read more

Fever Alarm Armband: A Wearable, Printable, Temperature Sensor

Feb. 23, 2015 — Researchers have developed a 'fever alarm armband,' a flexible, self-powered wearable device that sounds an alarm in case of high body temperature. The flexible organic components developed ... read more
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