Functional fabrics: Engineers, designers, and other scholars assigned to develop techniques for 'smart textiles'
Drexel University opens a new center that its leaders hope will revive one of Philadelphia's oldest industries.
Oct 2, 2019
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Drexel University opens a new center that its leaders hope will revive one of Philadelphia's oldest industries.
Oct 2, 2019
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A computer science research team at Dartmouth College has produced a smart fabric that can help athletes and physical therapy patients correct arm angles to optimize performance, reduce injury and accelerate recovery.
Apr 8, 2019
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have found ways to track body movements and detect shape changes using arrays of RFID tags. RFID-embedded clothing thus could be used to control avatars in video games—much like in ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Clothing embedded with tiny solar cells the size of a flea can allow wearers to generate electricity on the move and charge items like mobile phones and smartwatches.
Dec 13, 2018
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Archaeology reveals that humans started wearing clothes some 170,000 years ago, very close to the second-to-last ice age. Even now, though, most modern humans wear clothes that are only barely different from those earliest ...
Mar 12, 2018
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A new type of smart fabric developed at the University of Washington could pave the way for jackets that store invisible passcodes and open the door to your apartment or office.
Oct 31, 2017
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Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric.
Feb 15, 2017
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