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Major military work for Intelligent Textiles

1 July 2014
UK company Intelligent Textiles (ITL), based in based in Laleham, Surrey, has just signed a major contract worth several million pounds with the US Department of Defence, as part of a joint project wi
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Wearable technology for behaviour control already widespread

1 July 2014
Northamptonshire Police has become the first force in the UK to pilot the use of alcohol-detecting ankle tags.
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Carbon monoxide sensing clothing

1 July 2014
A range of clothing with the potential to warn the wearer of a number of environmental issues has been designed by a self-styled 'textile alchemist'.
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Supersonic stretching for new nanofibres

1 July 2014
'CO2 laser supersonic stretching' is a new process developed by JX Nippon, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, for manufacturing polypropylene nanofibres with diameters of between 300-500 nm - a range that
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Aspen plans expansion after IPO

1 July 2014
Aspen Aerogels - the manufacturer of Cryogel, Pyrogel and Spaceloft high performance aerogel insulation blankets based in Northborough, Massachusetts - has commenced an initial public offering of 6,66
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Flexible health patch based on miniature electronics

1 July 2014
The Holst Centre and Imec in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, have developed a prototype flexible health patch weighing just 10g - half the weight of currently available products.
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IBM sees no limit to possibilities for new polymers

1 July 2014
High performance computing is being combined with synthetic polymer chemistry by scientists at IBM Research, to develop entirely new polymeric materials.
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3D printed car for Shell Eco-Marathon

1 July 2014
A design team at the University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Zuyd) in The Netherlands employed a bank of off-the-shelf 3D printers to make composites for the shell of the car it entered in this yea
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Organic photovoltaics are 100% inkjet printed

1 July 2014
Scientists from Solliance, the cross-border thin-film solar cell research alliance, have produced the world's first organic photovoltaics (OPVs) to be made exclusively with inkjet printing processes.
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Wearable tech for horses

1 July 2014
Horse training methods have remained virtually unchanged for 150 years. Now, a completely new approach is gaining acceptance.
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New route to TiO2 nanoparticles

1 July 2014
Sandia National Laboratories, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has developed an inexpensive way to synthesize titanium-dioxide nanoparticles and is seeking partners who can demonstrate the process at
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Lignin for next-generation materials

1 July 2014
A research project led by Biome Bioplastics, based in Southampton, UK, has demonstrated the feasibility of extracting organic chemicals from lignin for the manufacture of bioplastics.
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Heart monitor for car drivers

1 July 2014
The Advanced Textiles Research Group at Nottingham Trent University and Plessey Semiconductors, based in Plymouth, have recently been awarded UK Technology Strategy Board funding to develop an automot
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New sensors with stretch

1 July 2014
Danish smart fabrics specialist Ohmatex is partnering with Danfoss PolyPower, a designer and manufacturer of PolyPower DEAP smart film and elements, to supply PolyPower stretch sensors for wearable ap
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Electrospinning superabsorbents

1 July 2014
A new process for producing superabsorbent, crosslinked nanofibres by electrospinning water-soluble polymers and subjecting them to UV radiation is outlined in patent WO/2014/053345, which has recentl
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Nanotubes the key to high-performance li-ion batteries

1 July 2014
A wire-shaped lithium ion battery that contains electrodes consisting of two composite yarns made of carbon nanotubes and lithium titanium oxide or lithium manganese oxide, has been developed by resea
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Nanoparticles improve catheters

1 July 2014
Foster Corporation, based in Putnam, Conneciticut, USA, is introducing LoPro Plus radiopaque compounds reinforced with nanoparticles for improved pushability of thin wall catheters.
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Recreating the womb

1 July 2014
A smart textile 'artificial uterus' is being developed by scientists at the Hohenstein Institute in Bonnigheim, Germany, in a bid to recreate the environment and sensory stimulation of a mother's womb
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New materials from milk waste

1 July 2014
The world's first ever industrial level continuous production of lactic acid from deproteinized lactose whey has been achieved by Cellulac, an industrial biochemicals company cased in Cambridge, UK.
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Spectacular view and sun without heat

1 July 2014
Special architecture fabrics laminated into glass are providing unique optical effects, subtle reflections and a reduction of solar heat gain for a landmark new Swiss building.
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