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Business marketing made simple using AI
October 1st, 2024
Image: Dreamstime.com/©Moawia Husnain Full disclosure, I’m not really a marketing guy. When I started AP Consulting more than two years ago, I had no idea what I was doing. And as much as I would like to say I know everything now, I don’t. And that’s OK. The internet is the most extensive repository of […]
AI creates customized lingerie, recommends products
October 1st, 2024
Customers input a few words into the “AM by You” program by Adore Me to create artificial intelligence-generated fabric prints for custom bra and panty sets. It’s among Victoria Secret’s artificial intelligence-related modernization efforts. Image: Adore Me Customers of direct-to-consumer lingerie business Adore Me are designing their own fabric prints for bralette and panty sets, […]
Artificial intelligence in textile patterns and sizing
September 1st, 2024
Seonyoung Youn, Ph.D., speaking at Advanced Textiles Expo in 2023 as a doctoral student about her research into using artificial intelligence to create digital patterns that better represent real-world fabric draping behavior. Image: © Mark Skalny Photography/Jacob Tyler Dunn A lot of uncertainty surrounds artificial intelligence (AI). What are its limitations? How many human jobs will […]
AI’s potential in saving manufacturers time and money
May 1st, 2024
Smartex, an automation company in Porto, Portugal, produces AI-enabled products for textile factories, such as the Smartex CORE pictured here. Smartex CORE is designed for circular knitting machines and uses cameras and sensors to scan the fabric for irregularities and faults. It also uses light analysis to catch defects not visible to the human eye. […]
Looking back, looking ahead: Textile industry trends
April 1st, 2024
The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) use a continuous coating line and thermoplastic processing methods to coat cellulose-based nonwoven fabrics with lignin compounds. Image: DITF A political, economic, social, technology (PEST) analysis on the smart and advanced textile industry for 2023 would likely show that “P” dominated, as politics has affected all […]
AI saves businesses time, but it needs to learn physics
March 1st, 2024
In October 2023, Rick Collins, ATA’s IT director, conducted a series of experiments with Midjourney to explore its potential. Using GPT-4, he created descriptions to feed to Midjourney, instructing the latter to generate images of the ideal event tent for hosting 200 attendees Although computers have been working with large amounts of data since their […]
AI reimagines the couch but human designers still essential
October 1st, 2023
In collaboration with Panter&Tourron, the IKEA design lab SPACE10 set out to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reimagine the couch to make it more sustainable and light enough for one person to carry. The prototype was made with two adjustable “wings” on the ends. Wings could be added in multiple positions, as in this concept […]
H&M award winners tackle industry challenges
August 31st, 2023
KBCols Sciences developed a way to bio-ferment textile dyes using microorganisms, offering a potential replacement for current practices that contribute to freshwater pollution. Photos: H&M The 2023 winners of the H&M Foundation’s annual Global Change Award (GCA) offer a glimpse into the near future of textiles, from the creation of bio-based polyester alternatives to the […]
Bionic clothing integrates AI to expand mobility
November 1st, 2022
Bionic clothing brand CIONIC has collaborated with Swiss industrial designer Yves Béhar and his firm fuseproject to unveil the Neural Sleeve, designed to improve mobility. The FDA-cleared “bionic” leg wearable uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enable greater independence for those living with mobility differences, such as those that may be caused by sclerosis, stroke or […]
Prototype garment beats AI algorithms
March 1st, 2022
A German consortium has developed apparel capable of confusing AI algorithms used to track human behavior. Photo: WertelOberfell. German design studio WertelOberfell, in collaboration with a consortium of technical partners, sought to find a way to protect people from a very modern hazard: CCTVs equipped with AI human-recognition algorithms that are capable of human detection […]