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Smart garments for elderly health care
November 1st, 2024
Researchers from the Technical University of Dresden, WarmX and Dresden Elektronik are developing smart gloves that offer functionalities such as the tracking of finger movement and pressure. Image: Marie O’Mahony, Ph.D. Americans over the age of 75 are expected to account for more than 50% of an anticipated population increase of 19 million during the […]
Turning leather waste into textile coatings
September 1st, 2022
CITEVE, the Technological Centre for the Textile and Clothing Industry of Portugal, has developed a process for turning natural leather waste and by-products from the tanning industry into new textile coatings. The process chemically transforms leather trimmings into a solution which can be used to make a coating for car interiors. Leather waste is chemically […]