Myovolt uses vibration as wearable recovery

August 1, 2021  |  Swatches

A company that pioneered and patented wearable vibration technology for athletes has now made its wearable recovery products available in the U.S. New Zealand-based Myovolt Ltd. says its products use focal vibration to massage muscles, stimulate blood flow, promote localized circulation, relieve sor…
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Industrial inflatable improves worker safety

August 1, 2021  |  Inflatables, Markets

When CS Energy, an Australian energy company based in Queensland, needed to create a safer work environment at a power station, it turned to Giant Inflatables Industrial of Melbourne to design and fabricate an inflatable solution.
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Marine patterning tech, from beginning to end

August 1, 2021  |  Marine, Markets

For nearly 40 years, Marine Tops Unlimited Inc. has provided custom fabrication for Wisconsin boats. Kyle Van Damme, who runs the company’s operation in Omro, west of Oshkosh, has for most of those years done fabrication the old-fashioned way: designing and measuring by hand, not by computer.
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Scaling your business

August 1, 2021  |  Business

Consider this scenario: You are experiencing exponential growth, revenues are up, work is pouring in the door and you decide to hire more people. You and your team work longer hours, but it is still not enough. Deadlines are missed, quality decreases, customers are upset, your employees are stressed…
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IFAI Expo 2021 Exhibitor Product Preview

August 1, 2021  |  Exhibitor Product Preview, Features

Celebrate textile innovation at the 100th in-person IFAI Expo, where hundreds of exhibitors will bring you the latest products and information from the entire supply chain, from fibers and fabrics to shade systems, state-of-the-art equipment and the latest in textile technologies.
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Advanced textiles rocketing into the future

August 1, 2021  |  Features

The space industry was estimated by U.K.-based investment firm Seraphim Capital to be worth a record $385 billion globally in 2020. In addition to national and international space agencies, public-private and fully commercial interests are attracting record levels of funding because of the market’…
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Shade sails find a place in the sun

August 1, 2021  |  Features

For something that’s been around for thousands of years—as far back as the Roman Colosseum, if not longer—shade sails in North America have a reputation as “the new kid on the block.” While using tensioned sails to provide shade for both commercial and residential structures has been a fu…
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Jeff Newkirk: The next step

August 1, 2021  |  Features, Perspective

Jeff Newkirk, MFC, started sailing at such a young age, he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t entranced with sailboats, the glide across open water and the call of the open wind.
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Canatu doubles performance in its conductive film

August 1, 2021  |  Swatches

Carbon nanomaterial company Canatu has more than doubled the performance of its Carbon NanoBud™ (CNB) transparent conductive film. According to the company, headquartered in Finland, it has developed the best industrially applicable sheet resistance-to-optical-transparency ratio seen in carbon nan…
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‘Smart foam’ could give machines a sense of touch

August 1, 2021  |  Swatches

As smart as machines have become, they still don’t have a human’s ability to feel. However, a team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a “smart foam” that they believe can give machines a sense of touch. Artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, which is…
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