Wearables & Healthcare
Materiality is rising to the forefront in some of the latest research and development in wearables for healthcare applications. The Wearables Collective symposium co-hosted by the Royal College of Art and UC Davis held in March 2024 highlighted this, looking at the motivations and case studies across North America, Europe and Asia. A number of …
Driving Solutions
Trends in Automotive Textiles Are Smart, Functional and Sustainable In the transport sector, three key trends of development for automotive textiles are taking the lead – materials with characteristics that provide smartness, lighter weights, and reductions in environmental impact. Real market needs are driving the research and development (R&D) yielding innovation across smart textiles, such …
Show Preview: Advanced Textiles EXPO24
The AT EXPO is held in different cities across North America each year and AT EXPO 2024 is being held in Anaheim, California, September 24-26. The education program highlight will be the AT Emerging Technologies Conference starting on September 23 and running for an extended day and a half. Programming has now been finalized, covering …
Engaging E-Textiles
The Automotive Marketplace for E-Textiles and Smart Composites Is Thriving New developments in Printed Electronics (PE) and Flexible Hybrid Electronics (FHE) were shown at this year’s LOPEC held in Munich on March 5-7, 2024. This is a field of growing market significance for e-textiles, and smart composites with market applications across health and medical, transport, …
Energy Harvesting
Wearables & E-Textile Concepts Advance with Compelling Research & Development Wearables are creating a demand for more sustainable and efficient energy, with energy harvesting high on the interest list. As functionalities increase, so does the demand for power. From the user’s point of view, this needs to be matched by invisibility in that the technology …