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Next generation hands-free from Apple

1 April 2014
CarPlay, Apple's latest iPhone system for drivers has been enthusiastically adopted by car manufacturers.
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Louis Vuitton carbon fibre designs

1 April 2014
Louis Vuitton has created a tailor-made set of luggage for the the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sport scar - naturally crafted entirely from matching black carbon fibre.
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Health on 'auto-pilot'

1 April 2014
Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology 2014 taking place April 23-25, 2014 in San Francisco, will kick off with a keynote presentation by Paul Brody, Vice President and Global Industry Leader of Elec
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Graphene oxide yarn for smart fabrics

1 April 2014
A strong and flexible yarn made from graphene oxide has been developed by researchers in Australia and Ireland.
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Funding for quantum dots manufacture

1 April 2014
Quantum Materials Corporation (QMC) has secured the funding it needed to acquire and deploy automated equipment to significantly increase its production of Tetrapod Quantum Dots (TQDs).
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Piezomat project for new fingerprint sensors

1 April 2014
Research centre CEA-Leti, based in Grenoble, France, is co-ordinating a new research project funded by the European Commission to design and implement a new fingerprint sensor that enables the ultra-h
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Nanofibre investments by nonwovens leader

1 April 2014
Polymer Group (PGI), headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has become the biggest producer of nonwoven fabrics in the world following recent acquisitions.
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Self-replicating 3D printers

1 April 2014
At Airwolf 3D's headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, the company's 3D printers for rapid prototyping within cutting-edge robotics, automation and assembly technologies, are now replicating themselv
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Gesture controller for home appliances

1 April 2014
Playtabase, based in Minneapolis, Minesota, has developed a new home automation technology called Reemo - a wrist-worn wearable mouse which exploits camera-less gesture control as an intuitive way of
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Independent travellers in biological waters

1 April 2014
A class of bio-hybrid machines, or 'bio-bots' that swim like flagella - single-celled creatures with long tails such as sperm - have been developed by engineers at the University of Illinois Gutgsell.
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C-ply fabrics for wingless wonder

1 April 2014
The wings of the VX-1 KittyHawk aircraft designed by VX Aerospace based in Morganton, North Carolina, are combined with the fuselage in what is described as a 'lifting body' or 'blended wing' design t
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Airbrush employed for medical nanofibres

1 April 2014
To supplement or even replace sutures, some researchers have proposed applying sticky, biodegradable mats of polymer nanofibres onto surgical incisions to seal them and promote healing.
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A century in silver

1 April 2014
Kodak held a dominant position in the photographic film business for most of the 20th Century - back in 1976, for example, it had an 89% market share of the total US market.
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Insulation for space and the lightest carbon fabric

1 April 2014

Technical Fibre Products (TFP), based in Cumbria, UK, has recently supplied specialised nonwovens for the solar shield of the European Space Agency's GAIA satellite.

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Your personal black box recorder - wearable, disposable and very smart

1 April 2014
The meMINI is a remarkably simple idea that could well be the first big hit in wearable technologies - a video camera that's always filming while worn.
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Sold out situation for 3D printing filament

1 April 2014
Based in Emmen, the small Dutch company Applied Polymer Innovations BV (API) brings together some of the key specialists who have previously worked at now-vanished major European fibre producers inclu
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New nanocellular structures

1 April 2014
A range of engineered Ingeo PLA composites with unique nanocellular structures for high performance spunbond nonwovens has been developed by Kimberly-Clark, headquartered in Irving, Texas.
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From mattresses to car seats to running shoes

1 April 2014
A major European brand and retailer is planning to introduce running shoes incorporating Harrison Spinks mattress pocket spring technology across 7,000 European outlets this summer.
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Vestagen obtains worldwide rights to Schoeller technologies

1 April 2014
Vestagen Technical Technologies has obtained worldwide rights from Schoeller Technologies to certain technologies that are integral to the properties of Vestex, a range of active barrier protective fa
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Paramount Surgimed launches premium adult diapers range

1 April 2014
Paramount Surgimed has launched its disposable adult diapers on the Indian market.
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