by TANVI_MUNJAL | Nov 29, 2023 | News & Insights, Textile Technology
In a new report, senior care professionals may find a valuable tool to assist them in helping older adults with dementia in the often challenging task of dressing. The study highlights the potential benefits of “smart clothing” technologies, which can...
by TANVI_MUNJAL | Oct 22, 2023 | News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens
Smart textiles, sometimes referred to as e-textiles or electronic materials, are a swiftly developing and inventive class of textiles that integrate electronic components and technology to offer sophisticated functions and capabilities. These textiles are engineered...
by santosh17dec | Sep 11, 2020 | News & Insights, Textile Technology
Google, Adidas and EA join hands to launch a product in line of Google’s Project Jacquard, Adidas GMR. The Shoes contains spaced insoles where the Jacquard chips can be fit, the chips when connected to the mobiles can sense movements, kicks to receive in game rewards...
by pprvallv | Sep 9, 2020 | News & Insights
Scientists at the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a material which has shape memory. The biocompatible material can be programmed into any shape, changes shape under certain stimuli and can be triggered back to its...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 4, 2020 | News & Insights, Technical Textiles & Non-Wovens
As someone who has straightened their hair clearly knows, water is the enemy. Carefully straightened hair by heat will bounce back into waves the minute it comes in contact with water. Since the hair has knowledge of shape. Its material properties allow it to change...
by Priyanka | Sep 4, 2020 | News & Insights
With a new smart textile from Harvard University, materials that can be deformed and then return to their original state as desired, such as shape memory alloys, may mean major things for aerospace, robotics and even fashion. The programmable material, made from...
by Priyanka | Sep 1, 2020 | News & Insights
Researchers described in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, have made a strong, comfortable fabric that heats and cools skin, with no energy input. A single garment that can adapt to changing weather conditions, keeping its wearer cool in the heat of midday but...
by Manali bhanushali | Jul 3, 2020 | Home Textiles, News & Insights
We all have heard about smart textiles, but when it comes to its applications, frequent responses can be heard as smart shoes that count steps, fabrics that change colour with respect to heat and other apparel and fashion related application. E- textiles which are...