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Researchers develop MXene-based smart fabric
December 1st, 2024
Doctoral candidate Jun Peng from the College of Textile Science and Engineering at Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China, wearing a face mask made using MXene that can detect lung cancer and viruses from a person’s breath. University of Waterloo researchers in Waterloo, Ont., Canada, have developed a smart fabric that can convert body heat and […]
Smart gloves help researchers study strokes
June 1st, 2024
University of British Columbia electrical and computer engineering professor Peyman Servati, Ph.D., demonstrating the smart glove. Image: UBC Media Relations/Lou Bosshart A smart glove undergoing testing with stroke survivors could also one day have applications in robotics, sign language translation, animation and augmented reality. University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers developed the MarsWear smart glove that […]
Soft and flexible fabric generates electricity
November 1st, 2018
What if your favorite shirt could also power your digital watch? Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have created a woven fabric that generates electricity when stretched or exposed to pressure. Working in cooperation with the Swedish School of Textiles in Borås and the research institute Swerea IVF, researchers Anja Lund and Christian Müller […]