Archive: October 2023
Continued funding for textile muscles
Researchers in Sweden have received continued funding for their project “Textile muscles for augmenting garments” from the Erling-Perssons Foundation.
Low-cost, shape-shifting fibre produces morphing fabrics
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and elsewhere have developed a low-cost fibre that contracts in response to an increase...
Soft skin conductive tape launched
DuPont has introduced DuPont Liveo Soft Skin Conductive Tape 1-3150 – a silicone-based thermoset adhesive for electrical bio-signal sensing and transfer.
Designing e-textiles for disassembly – seeking solutions from history
Development in textiles production technology has allowed for more automated production, requiring less human involvement.
Wearable e-textiles for a sustainable circular economy
An international team of engineers and scientists have warned that the e-textile supply chain and its potential for scalable commercialisation could be “further complicated” by...
Adobe unveils design-changing digital interactive dress
At the 2023 Adobe MAX conference held in October in Los Angeles, California, USA, software company Adobe unveiled its Project Primrose that featured an interactive...
Hybrid transistors with silk protein
A research team at Tufts University’s Silklab have created transistors in which the insulating material is replaced with biological silk.
European project develops ECG with wireless patch
Researchers from Fraunhofer IZM, Germany, together with 31 partners from industry and research, have developed a stretchable and wireless patch that makes it possible to...