Archive: October 2025
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…