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Technical Textiles


Commercializing Smart Textiles – Challenges and Opportunities

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AT EXPO 2024 – Exploring Next-Gen Advanced Textiles

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Fiber Microelectronics for Advanced Fabric Systems

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Sofia Guridi’s bio-based pressure sensor appears on the center page in E-Stitches Zine. Photo courtesy Marie O’Mahony

Held in late 2024, E-Textiles: International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations, and Applications in Electronic Textiles, was hosted by the E-Textiles Network, and brought together many of the discussion …

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The opening night party at AT EXPO 2024 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Photo courtesy pf Mark Skalny Photography

The Advanced Textiles EXPO is held in different North American cities each year, spanning both coasts and a sprinkling of key cities inland. The selection is driven by a combination …

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Preform-to-Fiber drawing uses the same basic technique that is used to produce the glass telecommunication fibers that span the globe and enable world-wide communications. Adobe Stock

Fibers and textiles date back to the beginning of civilization itself, yet remarkably, the fundamental properties of these materials have remained largely unchanged for millennia. By and large, natural fibers …

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Professor Jeanne Tan's work with Polymeric Optical Fiber (POF) investigates the potential for surface pattern and texture in e-textiles. Photo courtesy Marie O'Mahony

Materiality is rising to the forefront in some of the latest research and development in wearables for healthcare applications. The Wearables Collective symposium co-hosted by the Royal College of Art …

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Women Safety PPE Panel – Second from Left: Dr. Cassandra Kwon, Research Assistant Professor at Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, Melissa Dixon, Director of Product Management at National Safety Apparel, and Kelly Franko, Founder & President at Seraphina Safety Apparel & MFG. Photo courtesy of Vickie Smead

Techtextil North America 2024 Offered Insights on Innovations, Challenges and Opportunities within the Industry Techtextil North America 2024 (TTNA), August 20-22 in Raleigh, North Carolina included a full slate of …

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