Category: Smart Textiles
Bandage-like device brings texture to touchscreens
Engineers at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA, have developed what is claimed to be the first haptic device that achieves “human resolution” by accurately…
Smart bra to help detect cancer for women with intellectual disabilities
Women with intellectual disabilities could receive added monitoring for breast cancer with the development of a smart textiles bra by UK researchers at Nottingham Trent…
Catching heart disease early with AI-based sensor system
Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM, in co-operation with Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin, has created a smart sensor…
Turning fabrics into touch-based communication devices
A US startup out of Rice University, co-founded by doctoral candidate Barclay Jumet and his adviser, Daniel Preston, has developed a textile platform that sends…
Electronic fibre for stretchable sensing
Swiss researchers have developed a fibre-based electronic sensor that remains functional even when stretched to more than 10 times its original length.
Textile-integrated light switches using printable liquid metal ink
Researchers in Germany have developed textiles that can respond to touch and interact intelligently with their environment.
Automated weaving of fabric muscle
The commercialisation of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment that can continuously and automatically weave ultra-thin shape…
Handweaving shows potential in robotic textiles
Weaving, one of the world’s oldest technologies, offers a framework for making cutting-edge robotic textiles curl, shrink, puff and return to their original shapes, according…
Fabric can adjust aerodynamic properties on demand
Researchers at the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, USA, have developed a new type of textile that uses dimpling to…
The future of space suits
Flame-resistant smart textiles were among the 85 innovative research and development activities funded by the European Space Agency’s Discovery & Preparation programme through the Open…
Textile integrated organic solar PV canopy
Exhibited at October’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, Netherlands, the Umbra Pavilion by Studio Pauline van Dongen and Tentech was an architectural installation that provides…
Bio-based fabric with integrated sensors monitors road conditions
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut (WKI), Germany, have teamed up with partners in the SenAD2 project to tackle the challenge of…
Random nanofibre networks, optimised for strength and toughness
US researchers at the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have devised a method to repeatedly print random…
Smart textile band to monitor muscle health and improve healthy ageing
Researchers in the UK are developing a smart textile band that can detect and monitor the progress of sarcopenia, an age-related condition characterised by loss…
AI bandage speeds up healing by 25%
US scientists have built a battery-powered smart bandage that uses a tiny camera, artificial intelligence and bioelectronics to monitor wounds and provide treatment, reducing healing…
Wearable tech for early detection of heart defects
Dr Ruben Ruiz-Mateos Serrano has taken his PhD research to the next level by launching Polytecks – a University of Cambridge spin-out dedicated to faster,…