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Water-producing jacket produces drinking water from air vapor
October 1, 2026 | Swatches
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a jacket that pulls drinking water directly from the air. The fabric technology is designed for use when water is hard to access, such as during hiking, camping or natural disasters as well as in military applications.
Yacht project earns ATA NZ highest honor
October 1, 2026 | Swatches
A client came to Boat Cover Company NZ in Auckland with a project on a 69-meter (226-foot) Samaya Feadship. The work brief requested the enclosure of the upper aft deck, with the goal of turning the space into an air-conditioned workout area, necessitating that it be airtight. The enclosure also ne…
Textile waste fibers make ‘stone’
October 1, 2026 | Swatches
A collection of furniture pieces, “Gli Straccivendoli” — Chromaterico Textile Objects,features Textilite, a stone-like material made from recycled textile fibers. It was created by Chromaterico, a collaboration between Italian artist Davide Balda and biomaterials company Chroma Composites, ba…
Fully recyclable monomaterial shoes
October 1, 2026 | Swatches
One of the biggest environmental challenges with modern running shoes is that they are made from many different materials, making them difficult to recycle. Now, researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft institutes are exploring a new approach: making a running shoe from a single material. …