Norwegian space startup Nåva launches first suit

September 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Norwegian company Nåva Space recently took a small step toward becoming Europe’s first supplier of commercially available modern spacesuits. In late May, it released the training version of its suit platform, aiming for an operational spacewalk suit by 2032. 
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Morii Design supports traditional Indian textile artists

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Morii Design, a textile art studio based in Gandhinagar, India, specializes in working with artists who practice traditional Indian crafts. The studio’s name comes from the Japanese word mori, which means “forest.”
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Museum showcases Maija Lavonen’s fiber-optic artworks

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Fiber-optic-based art pieces created by Finnish textile artist Maija Lavonen will be highlighted in the “Quietly Monumental” exhibition at the Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki, Finland, through Sept. 14, 2025.
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Smart insole tracks wearer’s movement

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

A solar-powered smart insole system that monitors how people walk could help users improve their posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson’s disease. Constructed using 22 small pressure sensors, the system offers real-time health tracking.
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Stretchy ink under development for conductive textiles

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

A problem for conductive structures printed on smart textiles is their ability to stretch. Being conductive while staying soft and flexible is at odds. Mechanical stresses of pressure, stretching and washing can cause a printed conductive structure to break or tear or loosen its adhesion to the tex…
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Smart glove could help deafblind people

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Smart gloves being developed by Nottingham Trent University may one day aid deafblind people to understand live conversations through the translation of the spoken word into a form of vibrating braille.
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H&M winning textile innovations in dyes, textile recycling

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

The H&M Global Change Award annually honors early-stage innovations trying to tackle environmental issues in the textile and fashion industry, such as reducing emissions, textile recycling and creating cleaner materials. Here are this year’s winners in recycling processes and dyes.
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Materials generate power from wearer’s movement

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) have created new wearable technologies that generate electricity from the wearer’s movement.
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Invasive seaweed and seafood waste become fibers, canvas

August 1, 2025  |  Swatches

Experiments in his workshop using invasive seaweed and seafood waste started French artist Eugène Riconneaus on a journey into materials science, specifically marine-based polymers and a bright blue bio-pigment, the latter derived from cyanobacteria.
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ATA Japan members showcased at World Expo 2025 in Osaka

July 1, 2025  |  Swatches

ATA Japan members Yamaguchi New Shelter Industries Inc. and Taiyo Kogyo feature prominently in the pavilion and shade structures at World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, which began April 13 and runs until Oct. 13.
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