Machine embroidery encodes skin-like tension lines in textiles
Researchers at the University of Tartu, Estonia, report that thread packing can encode fabric stretchability, leading the way to tailoring wearables at an industrial scale.
For the full story, see the October 2025 edition of Smart Textiles & Wearables.
Image: Leonid Zinatullin and Indrek Must/University of Tartu