Browse Topic: Fabrics and textiles
Purdue University engineers have developed a method to transform existing cloth items into battery-free wearables resistant to laundering. These smart clothes are powered wirelessly through a flexible, silk-based coil sewn on the textile
Scientists have developed an innovative wearable fabric that is flexible but can stiffen on demand. Developed through a combination of geometric design, 3D printing, and robotic control, the new technology, RoboFabric, can quickly be made into medical devices or soft robotics
In the future, power sockets used to recharge smartphones, tablets, and laptops could become obsolete. The electricity would then come from our own clothes. By means of a new polymer that is applied on textile fibers, clothing could soon function as solar collectors and thus as a mobile energy supply
A new groundbreaking “smart glove” is capable of tracking the hand and finger movements of stroke victims during rehabilitation exercises. The glove incorporates a sophisticated network of highly sensitive sensor yarns and pressure sensors that are woven into a comfortable stretchy fabric, enabling it to track, capture, and wirelessly transmit even the smallest hand and finger movements
A durable, copper-based coating developed by a team at Dartmouth University can be integrated into fabric to create responsive, reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters
The world is on a “take-make-waste,” linear-growth economic trajectory where products are bought, used, and then discarded in direct progression with little to no consideration for recycling or reuse. This unsustainable path now requires an urgent call to action for all sectors in the global society: circularity is a must to restore the health of the planet and people. However, carbon-rich textile waste could potentially become a next-generation feedstock, and the mobility sector has the capacity to mobilize ecologically minded designs, supply chains, financing mechanisms, consumer education, cross-sector activation, and more to capitalize on this “new source of carbon.” Activating textile circularity will be one of the biggest business opportunities to drive top- and bottom-line growth for the mobility industry. Textile Circularity and the Sustainability Model of New Mobility provides context and insights on why textiles—a term that not only includes plant-based and animal-based
A new washable wireless smart textile technology has potential uses in virtual reality and American Sign Language
A single strand of fiber has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good potential for wearable e-textiles. Researchers tested the fibers with a system that powered an LED light and another that sensed ammonia gas
Utilizing soft, flexible materials such as cloth, paper, and silicone, soft robotic grippers is an essential device that acts like a robot’s hand to perform functions such as safely grasping and releasing objects. Unlike conventional rigid material grippers these are more flexible and safe. However, their low load capacity makes it difficult for them to lift heavy objects, and their poor grasping stability makes it easy to lose the object even under mild external impact
Personal devices feed our sight and hearing virtually unlimited streams of information while leaving our sense of touch mostly … untouched
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different stimuli
These methods of test are applicable for determining the resistance to snagging and abrasion of automotive bodycloth, vinyl, and leather
The making of a quilt is an interesting process. Historically, a quilt is a canvas of work made from old pieces of cloth cut into squares or whatever shape that make a nice connected pattern and then stitched together. The quilt could be random pieces that is not related to each other. In most recent years and more common cases, a quilt is made of different pieces of patches that are connected and laid out in a special way to tell a story. Not only does it portray a story that is put together in a certain sequence, but it also stiches the pieces of the quilt into a nice and complete narrative. A story that one can understand just by looking at the quilt spread and unfolded. Much like the making of a quilt that has a story to tell, a Product Digital Quilt will tell the story of a product. The Digital Product Quilt replaces the conventional way of telling a product story. The traditional product story is a method that is serially connecting multiple product life cycle silos together
“Miniature, wearable, electronic gadgets are ever more common in our daily lives. But currently, they are often dependent on rare, or in some cases toxic, materials. They are also leading to a gradual buildup of great mountains of electronic waste. There is a real need for organic, renewable materials for use in electronic textiles,” said Sozan Darabi, doctoral student in the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at Chalmers University of Technology and the Wallenberg Wood Science Center, and lead author of a scientific article recently published in ASC Applied Materials & Interfaces
Imagine a T-shirt that could analyze sweat, potentially alerting the wearer to any health abnormalities. Well, this is now closer to reality thanks to a research group’s recent innovation. Fibers and fabrics are ever present in our daily lives, and their origins are intertwined with the history of human civilization. While progress has been made, much remains unchanged for fibers and fabrics
This test is designed to measure the thickness of textiles, plastics, and similar materials
Scientists have developed a stretchable and waterproof fabric that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy. A crucial component in the fabric is a polymer that, when pressed or squeezed, converts mechanical stress into electrical energy. It is also made with stretchable spandex as a base layer and integrated with a rubber-like material to keep it strong, flexible, and waterproof
Automated-driving and ADAS functionalities continue to influence some of the latest cabin safety and materials trends. Evolving market realities have OEMs and automated-driving system developers adjusting once-aggressive timelines for deploying high-level driving automation. But new materials and safety technology for vehicle interiors continue to be influenced by advancing AV and ADAS functionalities. Regardless of how much driving automation is at play, vehicle cabins are evolving because of the possibilities - and challenges - automation and ADAS present. An array of launching or soon-to-arrive safety features, driver-information technology and materials innovations don't need AV applications as a reason for being, however. Drew Winter, Informa Tech Automotive's principal analyst - Cockpit of the Future, said that some of the feature and safety requirements of electric-vehicle and younger-demographic customers align with the technology directions for AVs and ADAS. New sustainable
This specification covers a resin-impregnated glass fabric honeycomb core in the form of flat or contoured sandwich structures
Natural fibers have been increasingly used in polymer composites during the last decade, and this has a significant impact on environmental implications. Natural fibers from lignocellulose materials have recently emerged in the form of fabric woven reinforced in polymer composites due to numerous applications, including structural and non-structural variants. One of the most promising materials for substituting synthetic polymeric materials by naturally available fiber reinforcements in polymer composites is woven fabric. Bamboo/Bamboo woven fabric encompasses bamboo yarn in both the warp and weft directions was chosen for this study. Bamboo/bamboo twill woven fabric acting as a reinforcement in the composites with epoxy resin as a bonding material using the compression moulding method of manufacturing. The mechanical characterization of twill woven fabric bamboo/bamboo reinforced composites was examined using five dissimilar fiber loading conditions (30:70, 35:65, 40:60, 45:55, and 50
Researchers have developed a technology that can be used to detect a body’s movements and vital information. The new soft transmission lines can be used in clothing or hospital bed sheets to make them capable of monitoring breathing and other vital movements, or in AI-powered textiles that allow robots to interact more safely and intuitively with humans
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) contains guidance to assist users by providing a method to install an AS6224/2 repair sleeve
This specification and its supplementary detail specifications cover an intermediate modulus aramid yarn in the form of cloth
This specification covers a thermally stable aramid fabric in the form of cloth
This specification and its supplementary detail specifications cover organic fibers in the form of cloth impregnated with epoxy resin, the resin to be supplied in a "B" stage condition
This specification covers aramid fibers in the form of woven cloth
This specification covers a heat-reactive, thermosetting, epoxy resin matrix in the form of a semi-solid. The resin matrix thermally cures to an epoxy polymer
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