News tagged with smart fabrics
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 ...
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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 ...
Some color shades offer better protection against sun’s ultraviolet rays
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays -- but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing -- should think blue and red, rather than yellow. ...
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 ...
Fabrics that fight germs, find explosives go to market
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Cornell researchers have launched iFyber LLC, which markets fabrics with embedded nanoparticles to detect explosives and dangerous chemicals or to serve as antibacterials for hospitals.
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.
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 ...
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