Commercializing Smart Textiles – Challenges and Opportunities

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Advanced Textiles Expo show floor

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 …

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LOPEC – the automotive marketplace for E-Textiles and Smart Composites Is thriving. Photo courtesy Marie O'Mahony

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 …

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ASSIST’s flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG) with rigid thermoelectric pellets and liquid metal interconnects provides a flexible TEG suited to wearables. Photo courtesy ASSIST, NCState University

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 …

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At their plant, Compo Tech PLUS, spol. sr.o, specialists in manufacturing technology for the fiber composite industry, utilize two robotic-assisted fiber laying machines, specializing in cylindrical sections and integrated connections.

From Robotics to Sensors to AI – and even into Space – Industry 4.0 is Positioned for a New Era Manufacturing is in a period of hyperautomation whereby smart technologies …

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Atomically flat membranes, one molecule thick based on modified amino acids and containing atomically precise pores. The development is by Professor Christian Schafmeister, Temple University Department of Chemistry and a recipient of the KidneyX Prize, and the Feynman Award for Experimental Nanotechnology. One important potential application is blood purification for portable dialysis devices. Photo courtesy of Professor Christian Schafmeister

Talking Nanotechnology with David Forrest David Forrest was one of – if not the very first – to draw attention to the potential for nanotechnology in textiles in a presentation …

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