Robots aren't always the most delicate of machines when handling fragile objects. They don't have the lightness of touch of humans. But that could be about to change thanks to a new development in ...

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 ...

The textile industry is witnessing a revolutionary shift with the advent of smart fabrics capable of generating power from body heat. This development, rooted in the science of thermoelectric ...

What is a Smart Fabric? Smart fabrics are those fabrics that can sense and respond to external stimuli by varying their properties. These are wearable fabrics that can be applied to medical monitoring ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have created the world’s smallest chain-mail fabric. This fabric looks like the chain-mail armor worn by medieval knights, but can ...

video: Researchers have developed next-generation smart textiles – incorporating LEDs, sensors, energy harvesting, and storage – that can be produced inexpensively, in any shape or size, using the ...

Smart fabrics can be manufactured from a wide range of materials and aim to provide added value with regards to safety, comfort or performance, especially enhancing athletic performance. Smart fabrics ...

The integration of science, art, and sustainability is giving birth to a new generation of textiles, and Nigerian-born researcher Mariam Oladepo-Ajagbe is helping to lead that transformation. In her ...

A growing demand for smart fabrics in different fields that not only serves traditional requirements of protection, safety, fashion, and convenience but also can adjust themselves according to the ...

"Smart textiles have also been limited by their lack of practicality," said Dr Luigi Occhipinti, also from the Department of Engineering, who co-led the research. "You think of the sort of bending, ...