Dava Newman of MIT presented a smart sleeve at the recent MARS (Machine learning, Automation, Robotics, and Space) conference. The knitted sleeve was part of a broader concept of a 3D knitted suit for long-term space travel. (more…)
02Apr
A 6m long and 25cm wide woven Electroluminescent (EL) display has been created by an international team of researchers. An excellent and detailed paper describing the work has been published in Nature. (more…)
Startup Organic Robotics Corporation is using fibre optics, which could be woven into a garment, to measure muscle fatigue in athletes. (more…)
CuteCircuit have released a really interesting video giving their views on innovation in fashion technology. (more…)
Siren care is a smart textile start-up founded in 2015 and based in California. It has developed a smart sock with embedded temperature sensor to help identify circulation problems in diabetics which, if left unchecked, can lead to serious complications such as amputation. (more…)
Samonsite have designed a backpack that uses the Google Jacquard capacitive sensing textile to capture gestures to control your phone without getting it out of your pocket. (more…)
A startling and dynamic dress has emerged from a joint development between Johannes Kepler University, Linz and fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht. (more…)
UCLA bioengineers have developed a smart glove that can identify American Sign Language hand forms and translate them to text. (more…)
Google has just released a teaser video about three future art installation that will utilise their Jacquard technology. (more…)