Research & Development
![ASSIST’s flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG) with rigid thermoelectric pellets and liquid metal interconnects provides a flexible TEG suited to wearables. Photo courtesy ASSIST, NCState University](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_2_2024_wearables_flexible-335x186.jpg)
Energy Harvesting
Wearables & E-Textile Concepts Advance with Compelling Research & Development Wearables are creating a demand for more sustainable and efficient energy, with energy harvesting high on the interest list. As …
![At their plant, Compo Tech PLUS, spol. sr.o, specialists in manufacturing technology for the fiber composite industry, utilize two robotic-assisted fiber laying machines, specializing in cylindrical sections and integrated connections.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_02_2024_production_marie_capabilities-image-2-335x186.jpg)
![At their plant, Compo Tech PLUS, spol. sr.o, specialists in manufacturing technology for the fiber composite industry, utilize two robotic-assisted fiber laying machines, specializing in cylindrical sections and integrated connections.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_02_2024_production_marie_capabilities-image-2-335x186.jpg)
Future of Manufacuring
From Robotics to Sensors to AI – and even into Space – Industry 4.0 is Positioned for a New Era Manufacturing is in a period of hyperautomation whereby smart technologies …
![The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU. Though this prototype uses a dark gray cover material, the final version will likely be all-white when worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface. Photo courtesy Axiom Space](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_1_2024_spacewear_Axiom_AxEMU_Full-335x186.jpg)
![The Artemis III spacesuit prototype, the AxEMU. Though this prototype uses a dark gray cover material, the final version will likely be all-white when worn by NASA astronauts on the Moon’s surface. Photo courtesy Axiom Space](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_1_2024_spacewear_Axiom_AxEMU_Full-335x186.jpg)
Space Sportswear
The Final Frontier Has Never Been So Fashionable Space provides a very unique environment in which to build products with particular attributes that can’t be built terrestrially. The value is …
![Gilberto Loureiro, CEO and founder of Smartex laid out his vision for a smart production line at ITMA Milan.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_1_2024_qanda_smartex_IMG_5944-335x186.jpg)
![Gilberto Loureiro, CEO and founder of Smartex laid out his vision for a smart production line at ITMA Milan.](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_1_2024_qanda_smartex_IMG_5944-335x186.jpg)
GET SMART
Smartex is Engaging AI in Quality Control, Creating a Convergence of Technology, Mathematics and Production in the Modern Textile Factory In a presentation at ITMA Milan 2023, Gilberto Loureiro, CEO …
![With the latest PicConnect platform, Picanol has aimed to digitize and harness the intuition of the expert weaver. Photo courtesy of Picanol](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_12024_aitech_Picanol-335x186.jpg)
![With the latest PicConnect platform, Picanol has aimed to digitize and harness the intuition of the expert weaver. Photo courtesy of Picanol](https://www.fiberjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/IFJ_12024_aitech_Picanol-335x186.jpg)
Just in Time
Predictive Fulfilment is the Goal as AI Moves In For a number of decades now, the supply chains of many high-tech industries have been highly structured and strictly managed top-down …