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Flexible device could monitor muscle injuries using nanomagnets
January 1st, 2024
The magnetoelastic textile patch is made of silicone, nanomagnets and conductive yarn. Image: University of California Los Angeles Preventing overuse while muscles are still healing concerns physical therapists and athletes alike. A patch using conductive yarn and nanomagnets infused in silicone could take some of the mystery out of how a patient’s healing is progressing. […]
Stretchable battery prototype may enhance wearable tech
November 1st, 2023
A bendable battery prototype being developed at the University of Houston. Images: University of Houston Researchers at the University of Houston in Texas have created a stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery, broadening the future of wearable technology. Currently, powering wearable technology is a challenge due to the rigidity of conventional batteries. Lithium-ion batteries also pose safety […]
Flexible pumps offer upgrade to wearable technology
October 1st, 2023
The pumps woven into clothing. Most fluid-based wearable technologies require a large, inconvenient pump that is difficult to incorporate into clothing. Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed a solution: flexible, fiber-like pumps that can be woven or sewn into textiles. The pumps use charge injection electrohydrodynamics (EHD) to […]
Flexible hybrid electronics and textiles create possibilities for warfighters
September 1st, 2021
Air Force Staff Sgt. Adam Bowen inspects the temperature sensor inside the air intake of an F-16C Fighting Falcon, a potentially dangerous confined space. Wearable FHE sensor monitors are evaluated and developed for these and similar environments to monitor and ensure warfighter health and safety. Photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Clinton Atkins. Flexible hybrid electronics […]
Rodgers: Textiles are the “T” in STEM
November 11th, 2020
How do you create a channel from research to application? How do you create a pathway toward understanding complex human problems across supply chains and market sectors? STEM—a curriculum based on teaching science, technology, engineering and math—has branched out from basic chemistry and biology and physics classes, into collaborative efforts, including textiles, according to Stephanie […]
Wearable technology report available
October 29th, 2019
IDTechEx has released its most comprehensive report covering the wearable technology industry. “Wearable Technology Forecasts 2019-2029” includes historic market data back to 2010 and 10-year market forecasts for 48 different types of wearable electronic products. It also includes information covering each of the key product areas, including smart watches and fitness trackers, electronic skin patches […]
Wearable electronics technology developers, textile designers and fashion brands join forces to make smarter clothing
July 1st, 2017
Over the past decade, we’ve seen a slow but sure evolution of wearable electronics, including smart textiles, designed primarily to monitor body functions and communicate with the Internet of Things. But a great many of them were not especially wearable, and some never made it out of the lab. The tide, however, seems to be […]
Wearable technology for safety in the mining industry
June 1st, 2017
In the mining industry, safety challenges demand the latest developments in wearable technology. The Chilean mining disaster of 2010 saw 33 workers trapped 2,300 feet underground for 69 days. Their ordeal made headlines across the world, and amidst the jubilation of their survival there was a stark reminder that mining remains one of the most […]
Key product areas in wearable technology
September 13th, 2016
It’s tough to resist the “gee whiz” factor inspired by wearable technologies and the potential to strike it big with the newest trendy gizmo. IDTechEx, an independent research and event firm based in Cambridge, U.K., recently released a report, “Wearable Technology 2016-2026,” that identifies wearable technology as a $30 billion market in 2016, with more […]
Smarter every day
April 1st, 2016
The wearables market builds customer relationships with new products and high-tech expertise. The speedy acceptance of wearable technology by health and fitness enthusiasts has supported impressive growth in this market. This growth reflects today’s larger culture, in which people expect ready access to information. Consumers can even monitor and evaluate their health and fitness goals […]