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Clothing with a brain: 'Smart fabrics' that monitor health
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other ...
Nature, nanotechnology fuse in electric yarn that detects blood
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.
Smart fabrics, the new black
Oct 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart fabrics and intelligent textiles – material that incorporates cunning molecules or clever electronics – is thriving and European research efforts are tackling some of the sector’s toughest ...
Smart fabrics make clever (medical) clothing
Oct 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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 pregnancy ...
Smart clothes: textiles that track your health
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Garments that can measure a wearer's body temperature or trace their heart activity are just entering the market, but the European project BIOTEX weaves new functions into smart textiles. Miniaturised biosensors in a textile ...
Report: Dell to make Android phone for AT&T
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A newspaper report says Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system.
IBM offers low-cost computing solution for Africa
Sep 23, 2009 |
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US computer giant IBM and South Africa's Canonical on Wednesday announced the launch of a Web-based service aimed at helping African businesses that cannot afford traditional personal computers.
FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones.
Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Contemporaries of the ancient Greeks might find something familiar within the walls of the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois. In constructing a new type of smart fabric, researchers ...
Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy, the Smart Hand project has given patient, Robin af Ekenstam (see video) the sense of touch in ...
'Smart packaging' alerts consumers, grocers when refrigerated foods spoil
Feb 10, 2009 |
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If you have ever wondered whether the milk in your grocer's refrigerator might have gone bad or if you left the pre-packaged meats on your kitchen counter too long, then a partnership between two University of Rhode Island ...
Google forms PowerMeter partnership
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has announced it has secured its first official device partner for Google PowerMeter, which means you can now use the software without having a smart meter installed by your utility ...
Pret-a-sauver fashion for disasters
Oct 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are helping rescue workers and disaster victims by creating innovative clothing from smart fabrics. The clothes can monitor people’s health, identify their location and ...
Industry backs off food labels after FDA criticism
Oct 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A food industry group is voluntarily halting promotion of its nutrition labeling program after federal regulators said such systems may be misleading consumers, officials with the group said Friday.
Nanotech Researchers Develop High-Tech 'Smart Textile'
May 24, 2005 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University are using emerging breakthroughs in nanotechnology to develop layers of "smart textiles" that will not only keep first responders and the military safe without sacrificing com ...
