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Smart fabrics make clever (medical) clothing

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(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

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (31) | comments 0

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

Some color shades offer better protection against sun’s ultraviolet rays

Chemistry / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

Nature, nanotechnology fuse in electric yarn that detects blood

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(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.


Verizon Wireless to FCC: smart phones more costly

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless says it started charging customers more to break service contracts for smart phones because those devices cost much more.


Smart fabrics, the new black

Smart fabrics, the new black

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(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 Hand Project

Robotic Hand That Senses Touch (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (28) | comments 10

(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 clothes: textiles that track your health

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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.


FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (100) | comments 0

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 ...



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