Smart fabrics
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...
KOB Manufactures Medical Textiles for Smart Applications in Patient Monitoring and Therapy
Smart textiles are a great choice for making innovative and portable medical products. Their advantage is that close-to-body, textile-based solutions allow constant diagnosis and...
Loomia Uses Blockchain to Make Smart Clothes that Make You Earn Money by Selling...
Loomia, a Brooklyn-based startup wants to change the way smart clothes are made. The 3-year-old startup wants your ankle boots to detect when it's...
Wearable Medication: Smart Textiles to Release Therapeutic Drugs as Needed
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) are currently working on integrating therapeutic drugs into polymer fibers that can...