Category: Smart Textiles
Integrating high-power LEDs in textiles
Weartronic, the French start-up specialising in the development of smart clothing, has finalised a second patent concerning the integration of high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in…
Seatbelt-integrated biosensor could track alertness and stress of drivers
Researchers at the National University of Singapore and China’s Tsinghua University have developed a new sensor that can pick up and track biological signals, such…
Passive sensing and battery-less devices
In a presentation on his research given at the UK’s Loughborough University in November, Professor Terry Tao Ye, IAS Visiting Fellow, demonstrated the potential of…
MXene nanomaterials enable wireless charging in textiles
US researchers from Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania and Accenture Labs have developed a process for using MXene ink to print a textile energy…
Silk thread turns clothing into charging stations
A research group led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has developed an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive polymer, that shows promising…
Shirt seams used as capacitive sensors for upper-body pose tracking
US researchers at Cornell University have developed a way of tracking a user’s pose using smart clothing that combines “sensing seams” with a Nordic semiconductor…
Wearable technology to help stroke survivors
The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a US$500,000, three-year grant from the US National Science Foundation for its project titled “RE-GAIN: An adaptive,…
Stretchable device converts body heat to electricity
US researchers at the University of Washington have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and turn it into…
Lightweight, soft robotic shorts can act as a walking aid
Researchers in Germany have introduced WalkON, a new assistive system that could improve the walking efficiency of older adults and people with limited mobility.
Fabric headbands measure vital signs for US air commandos
High-altitude, low-opening parachute jumpers from US Air Force Special Operations Command are trialling new headbands, woven from advanced fibres that comprise sensors, which measure and…
KnitWarm on show at Fashion World Tokyo
Hong Kong-based KnitWarm presented its latest smart textiles at October’s Fashion World Tokyo 2024.
UK bioengineer wins innovation prize for pioneering research
University of Cambridge scientist Professor Shery Huang, whose research has had a significant impact on the fields of biofabrication and sustainable electronic textiles, has been…
Protecting smart textiles safely and making them more durable
The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences is working with five other partners to develop innovative solutions to make smart textiles safer and more durable.
Fall asleep by aligning audio signals with brainwaves
Elemind Technologies, founded by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has developed an EEG headband that emits acoustic stimulation aligned with people’s brainwaves to…
Award for real-time bladder monitoring technology
A wearable for real-time bladder monitoring developed by the University of California, Davis, has received a 2024 International Achievement Award in the Advanced Textiles category…
Flexible circuits made with silk on graphene
A research team led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has achieved a uniform 2D layer of silk protein…