Archive: November 2020
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...