Smart fabrics
Pireta Aims to Make Smart Clothes Truly Wearable
Smart clothes found in the market today have sensors sticking out of them in various places, making them cumbersome and not really “wearable.”Pireta, a...
Myant-FCAD Partnership to Develop Innovative Applications in Textile Computing
Toronto-based Myant Inc., the world's first end-to-end textile computing company, and Ryerson University’s FCAD, Canada’s leading creative innovation hub, formed a partnership to create...
Gore and Bonbouton Collaborate for Smart Fabrics and Digital Health Applications
Silicon Valley-based Gore Innovation Center signed a joint development agreement with New York City-based graphene sensor startup Bonbouton in 2018 to explore...
UMass Researchers Develop Inexpensive Method of Using Body Heat to Power Wearables
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts have developed a low-cost fabric that can harvest body heat to power wearables such as fitness trackers.Read more...
Dupont Launches Innovative Smart Garment Made Exclusively for FC Barcelona
Dupont, in collaboration with Twinery and Real Track Systems, has launched an innovative smart garment made exclusively for FC Barcelona.Utilizing Dupont’s Intexar technology solution,...
Teijin Acquires Dutch Smart Fabric Startup Elitac to Expand its Total Safety Solutions
Teijin, a Japanese chemical, pharmaceutical and information technology company, acquired 25,000 shares, or 20% of the outstanding shares of Elitac B.V., a Utrecht, Netherlands-based...