DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Smart Textiles: Applications, Technologies and Markets 2018-2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This study presents an overview of the ...

The smart textiles market presents strong growth opportunities in emerging applications such as energy harvesting garments, e-textiles for mental health monitoring, and smart fashion. The increasing ...

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of ...

Abstract: Smart textiles combine age-old processes of knitting and weaving with advances in fiber-based smart materials to create soft and flexible circuits for a wide range of applications. While ...

Computational technology has been integral to the information, communication and entertainment industries for decades, and, increasingly, computers operate our homes and cars. While technology touches ...

If your idea of smart fabrics is a pair of khaki pants that sheds food stains, think again. The smartest fabrics are becoming electroactive, allowing them to address far more important engineering ...

October 23, 2008 You don’t often hear fashion mentioned in the same sentence as cutting edge medical technology (unless you watch Grey’s Anatomy), but shirts that double as health monitors are just ...

European researchers have developed a smart fabric that can monitor muscular overload and help prevent repetitive strain injury or RSI. But that is just the beginning. The team is also exploring a ...

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, ...

The development of new technology often creates new opportunities to provide value to customers in new products. It is common for marketers and investors to talk about finding a "killer app", an ...

Imagine adjusting the temperature of the air conditioning or skipping a song in your car, not by fiddling with a screen or voice command, but simply by swiping your hand across the fabric of your ...

Imec hasteamed with several project partners aiming to develop large-area smarttextiles in a move toward industrial manufacturing of such fabrics for sports and leisure wear, safetyand monitoring ...