“We tend to think of biological sensors as a very enticing application because this ... But our research shows that a textile-based power grid could power any number of peripheral devices: fiber-based ...

A new development in wearable technology may redefine what it means for clothing to be “smart”—and it does so without ...

It is estimated that around 100 billion items of clothing are currently produced worldwide, most of which will end up in recycling processes. Sorting ...

Imagine wearing a T-shirt that measures your breathing or gloves that translate your hand movements into commands for your computer. Researchers at ETH Zurich, led by Daniel Ahmed, Professor of ...

Researchers in England have created flexible, biodegradableinkjet-printed sensors for smart textiles using graphene and a ...

Sensor Integrated Products Softmatter is capturing health and motion-related information through the integration of textile-based and electronic sensors into apparel – an untethered and flexible ...

It uses MXene, a material discovered at Drexel University in 2011, to create a textile-based supercapacitor that can charge in minutes and power an Arduino microcontroller temperature sensor and radio ...

A textile engineer at Heriot-Watt University has developed a new material to boost flexibility and comfort of personal ...

(photo credit: BRANDON MARTIN / RICE UNIVERSITY) A wearable, textile-based device developed by engineers ... of touch for an amputee by embedding sensors on a prosthesis to gather data that ...

allowing the position of the sensors to be indicated using dyeing or embroidering, acting as touchless controls or ‘buttons’. The technology, which could even be in the form of a textile-based ...

including a warming element and environmental sensors that transmit data in real-time. The next step for fully integrated textile-based electronics to make their way from the lab to the wardrobe ...