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Commercializing Smart Textiles – Challenges and Opportunities

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UK-based sportswear brand Prevayl has launched garments that look like high-end gym wear, but include a small, hidden pocket to store a sensor. Photo courtesy Prevayl

Medical Smart Textiles and Wearable Health Devices Aren’t Yet Affordable for the Mass Consumer Market Many in the medical profession have argued that healthcare should move away from its current …

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ampliTex reinforcement fabrics. Photo courtesy Bcomp

Electrification, Lightweighting, and Sustainability Targets Are Creating Opportunities for Natural Fiber Automotive Composites In the automotive industry, composites can help reduce aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance and vehicle weight while offering …

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Amrita Saigal, founder and CEO of Kudos.

Amrita Saigal, founder and CEO of Kudos is on to something. For Saigal, creating sustainable products that truly perform to the high standards of the consumer is the cornerstone of …

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FLT demonstrating the use of FiberTect to wipe away toxins from the skin of an animal.

Recent work by the U. S. Army has shown that FiberTect wipe can decontaminate biological toxin spores as well. With heightened political tensions in some regions of the world, high-tech …

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Figure 1: Concept for a sustainable menstruation panty.

Improving development of sustainable hygiene products using specialty viscose fibers. One area of hygiene – women’s sanitary products – is trending towards more sustainable consumer options and is being fueled …

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