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New nonwoven biomedical range

1 March 2013
US BioDesign launched its new nonwoven biomedical component range at the Medical Design and Manufacturing West Trade Show in Anaheim, California (February 12-15).
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Recon claims the Wearable Technologies title

1 March 2013
Recon Instruments from Canada was the overall winner of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup announced at the ISPO sports gear show in Munich, Germany, on February 4th.
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LED-embedded yarns in prototype garment

1 March 2013
A prototype garment with electronic micro-devices embedded into the core of its yarns has been produced by researchers Nottingham Trent University's Advanced Textiles Research Group.
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Thin film solar cells set new record

1 March 2013
Thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4% have been developed at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.
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Smart Fabrics 2013

1 March 2013
Adidas, MC10, Pebble Technology, Eeonyx Corporation, IDEO, and Philips Lighting are among leading players making presentations at the ninth Smart Fabrics conference which will be held at the Hyatt at
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Fibre that changes colour when stretched

1 March 2013
The bright iridescent blue colour of a tropical plant's fruit were the inspiration for a new fibre that changes colour when stretched, developed by a collaborative team of researchers at Harvard Unive
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Fashion designer goes mobile

1 March 2013
Samsung Electronics has teamed up with New York-based designer Alexander Wang to create a textile print inspired by crowd-sourced sketches and images using the Galaxy Note II smartphone.
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PFC-free alternative for breathable membranes

1 March 2013
Outdoor clothing can be made waterproof and highly breathable with ultrathin membranes made from Arnitel VT from DSM.
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Actuator with finger-like flex

1 March 2013
An elegant and powerful new microscale actuator that can flex like a finger has been developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab and the University of California, Berkeley
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Silica for super-composites

1 March 2013
Research into developing the strongest silica nanofibres in the world is being pioneered at the University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) in the UK, with plans for their use in
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Filament yarns with integrated self cleaning

1 March 2013
Working with the Institute for Textile Technology and Process Engineering (ITV) and the Institute of Textile Chemistry and Chemical Fibers (ITCF), both in Denkendorf, Germany, TWD Fibres GmbH has deve
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Multi-purpose prevention with nanofibre webs

1 March 2013
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a University of Washington research team almost US$1 million to further develop the technology for employing nanofibre nonwovens to simultaneously bot
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Energy storage textiles showcased at Techtextil 2013

1 March 2013
Intelligent or smart textiles are increasingly incorporating additional energy and heat functions to improve the sustainability of products, says Messe Frankfurt, organiser of the Techtextil trade sho
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Combined airbag and seatbelt from Autoliv

1 March 2013
The Bag-in-belt is a combined seatbelt and airbag designed to further reduce the load on a car rear-seat occupant's ribcage in the event of a frontal collision.
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Losing the loops in polymer chains

1 March 2013
As long chains of repeating molecules, networks of polymers - both synthetics as natural products such as rubber and cellulose - all contain structural flaws at the molecular level.
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Filament yarns with integrated self cleaning

1 March 2013
Working with the Institute for Textile Technology and Process Engineering (ITV) and the Institute of Textile Chemistry and Chemical Fibers (ITCF), both in Denkendorf, Germany, TWD Fibres GmbH has deve
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Breaking the three minute cycle

1 March 2013
Roctool has demonstrated how it is now possible to develop an ultra-thin carbon fibre composite part in just two minutes and 30 seconds with its 3iTech technology.
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Thin-film adhesive sensors for future vision

1 February 2013
Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing electronic components that are thinner and more flexible than before. They can even be wrapped around a single hair without damaging the electronics.
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Sefar acquires monofilament supplier

1 February 2013

Smart fabrics specialist Sefar, headquartered in Heiden, Switzerland, has acquired a majority stake in its long-time supplier Sider Arc, based in in Cornaredo, Italy.

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Glass-polypropylene composite fabric to provide earthquake-protection

1 February 2013
A composite fabric comprising glass and polypropylene (PP) fibres is capable of reinforcing the walls of a building and preventing debris from falling in the event of an earthquake, according to its d
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