The LYCRA Company introduced last week, the LYCRA® ADAPTIV fiber, allowing garments to have a better fit for various lifestyles, movements and different body types. Made from a revolutionary polymer, this patent-pending, adaptive fiber has a unique chemistry that...
Researchers in the US have developed conductive nanotube fibers that, when woven into clothing, monitor the heart rate of the wearer. The researchers sewed nanotube fibres into athletic wear to monitor the heart rate and take a continual electrocardiogram (ECG) of the...
Gore is announcing an equity investment and collaboration with LifeBooster, a leading developer in connected worker risk analytics technology. Together, the companies will forge a multi-year plan to launch a new era in smart safety apparel with the aim of reducing...
A new type of ‘chain mail’ fabric that is flexible like cloth but can stiffen on demand has been developed by scientists in Singapore and the California Institute of Technology. The lightweight fabric is 3D-printed from nylon plastic polymers and comprises hollow...
Clothes and covers made of a smart fabric that radiates heat and reflects light could help people and objects that are out in the sun stay several degrees cooler. Guangming Tao at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and his colleagues...
Under Armour has launched a line of sportswear with a new fabric design that effectively wicks heat away from your body as you work out. The Iso-Chill material has flat, ribbon-shaped fibers that sit against your skin more closely than a conventional acrylic weave,...
Wearables are one of the biggest trends in the tech world. From smartwatches to patches that go directly on the skin, companies and consumers alike are raving about devices that get us in touch with our bodies. In the future, many believe that wearable technology will...
Not many people know about Jacquard, a small side-project from Google’s labs that aimed at designing a ‘smart fabric’. The project, which was announced years ago, culminated in something pretty elementary… a jacket that let you play or pause music on your phone....
Are smart clothes the next big thing in wearable technology? According to a patent, Apple is working on 'smart fabric' for clothing like shirts, hats and more. And as someone who both enjoys fashion and embraces the cyborg life, I really, really want to try these...
What’s just a bit thicker than a human hair and has ten times the capability of a human muscle? Polymer-coated carbon nanotube yarn. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas created this yarn using carbon nanotubes coated with a polymer and coiled with a...
Researchers at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT have developed an acoustic fabric so sensitive to vibrations that it can detect impacts from microscopic high-velocity space particles. A more earthly application of these fabrics could be for...
