Textiles have been getting smarter for years, but they’re usually fairly limited in size and scope. Now a team of scientists led by Cambridge has woven together a 46-inch textile display, loaded with ...

UGA researchers are exploring smart textiles made with MXenes that can monitor health, fight bacteria, and charge devices.

Technology is everywhere these days — from 5G humming through the air and smartphones seemingly surgically attached to our hands. While it’s no robotic hand, new research has found a way to bring ...

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of ...

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(Nanowerk Spotlight) In the world of athletic performance and outdoor sports, the gear athletes wear can make or break their ability to perform. Sportswear is not just about comfort and style—it’s ...

Smart garments designed with rich features and future-proof technology built in could be a key way to achieve sustainability in fashion, IoClothes managing director Ben Cooper said at Texprocess ...

Using a novel fabrication process, MIT researchers have produced smart textiles that snugly conform to the body so they can sense the wearer’s posture and motions. By incorporating a special type of ...

Long-term pain is perhaps the single most important factor that reduces quality of life for older people. New technology based on therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier to manage pain. The idea ...

Abstract: Smart textiles combine age-old processes of knitting and weaving with advances in fiber-based smart materials to create soft and flexible circuits for a wide range of applications. While ...

MIT Media Lab researchers developed a novel fabrication process to create smart textiles that comfortably and snugly fit the user's body, enabling very precise pressure sensor data that can be used to ...