News tagged with intelligent textiles

Woven electronics

Electrical engineers from ETH Zurich have devised intelligent textiles that already have electronic components such as sensors and conductive filaments woven into them. The advantage: the fabric can be mass-produced ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Innovative research reawakens human memories through intelligent textiles

As part of the 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, two teams of researchers led by Professor Barbara Layne of Concordia University, Montreal, and Professor Janis Jefferies at Goldsmiths, University of London, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Company develops conductive yarn for soldier uniforms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Modern military uniforms for servicemen from some countries such as those that serve Great Britain have evolved to the point that batteries and cables are needed for electronic devices that are carried; the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Smart work clothing for sub-zero temperatures

Working outside in a cold environment for any length of time is difficult with the protective clothing currently available. Innovative, warmer garments must be developed for those taking part in drilling operations ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bringing smart textile to industrial manufacturing level

Imec and its project partners announce the launch of the European FP7 (Framework Program) project PASTA (Integrating Platform for Advanced Smart textile Applications) aiming at developing large-area smart ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Robots get an artificial skin

Robots are breaking barriers: Long banished behind steel barriers, they are entering new fields of application such as the manufacturing, household and healthcare sectors. The requisite safety can be provided ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NanoEngineers Print and Test Chemical Sensors on Underwear (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical sensors printed directly on elastic underwear waistbands retained their sensing abilities even after engineers stretched, folded and pulled at the chemical-sensing printable electrodes ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Network expands to 256 times its original size to bridge the micro and macro worlds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Now that scientists have developed a diverse assortment of nano- and micro-sized devices and materials, one of the biggest challenges is finding a practical way to incorporate them into macroscale ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (28) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Could robots help older people look after themselves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) are taking part in a European project aimed at creating an intelligent system comprising a robot and smart sensors that ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanotube Thermocells Hold Promise For Converting Heat Waste To Energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published in the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters reveals that thermocells based on carbon nanotube electrodes might eventually be used for generating electrical energy from heat d ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanotube Thermocells Hold Promise as Energy Source

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published in the American Chemical Society's journal Nano Letters reveals that thermocells based on carbon nanotube electrodes might eventually be used for generating electrical energy ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Researchers unveil whiskered robot rat

A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers. The SCRATCHbot robot will be demonstrated this week at an international workshop looking ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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