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Tracking the supply chain

1 August 2013
Product authenticity and traceability of the entire textile manufacturing chain responsible for a garment is now possible with new Identity technology developed by finishing specialist HeiQ, based in
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Tension is the key to coating carbon fibres with nanotubes

1 July 2013
For the next generation of commercial jets, US researchers have been exploring the use of composites employing carbon fibres coated with carbon nanotubes, as the basis for even stronger and lighter pa
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Fibre with a fingerprint

1 July 2013
Protecting products against forgery, product traceability, supply chain control and legal protection against fraudulent warranty claims are all becoming increasingly important in a globalised economy.
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Electronic paper - from smartwatches to freezer storage

1 July 2013
E Ink Holdings, the world's largest supplier of displays to the eReader market headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is adding a 1.73-inch flexible display to its Mobius range of flexible electronic paper
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Wearable Technologies looking for innnovations

1 July 2013
The 2013 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup got underway at the beginning of June.
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Three-for-one at Materialica

1 July 2013
From October 15-17 2013, the 16th Materialica - Lightweight Design for New Mobility - will takie place in Munich, Germany, alongside eCarTec - the 5th International Fair for Hybrid and Electric Mobili
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3M rolls out Nanosys quantum dot LCD technology

1 July 2013
Nanosys has started-up a new high-capacity manufacturing plant in Milpitas, California, and its quantum dot technology is the basis for a new partnership with consumer product giant 3M.
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China's Eco-City built on geosynthetics

1 July 2013
Tianjin Eco-City is a new sustainable city in the making which is emerging to the southeast of Beijing in China, over an area of 34 square kilometres.
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Oeko-Tex certification for coated wallcoverings

1 July 2013
Neschen AG, based in Buckeburg, Germany has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 for its range of coated fabrics for digital printing.
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Top of the world with Dyneema

1 July 2013
The recent addition of the 408-foot silver spire to New York's new Freedom Tower, the One World Trade Center, brought it to its full height of 1,776 feet, making it the tallest building in the Western
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Simple solution to credit card skimming

1 July 2013
A very thin, pressure-sensitive switch that is robust enough to be laminated into credit cards could solve the problem of data theft.
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Heatable range from Future Carbon

1 July 2013
At this year's TechTextil exhibition in Frankfurt (June 11-13) FutureCarbon showcased a range of articles that are electrically conductive and electrically heatable as a result of its special coatings
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Lighting up Techtextil

1 July 2013
A range of commercial launches are scheduled for Autumn 2013 which exploit the E-broidery technology developed by Forster Rohner Textile Innovations in St Gallen, Switzerland.
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Connection will become a new reality, says OMsignal

1 July 2013
OMsignal, based in Montreal, Canada, is the latest entrant to the smart fabrics field and has raised of $1 million in initial seed funding from venture capital funds Real Ventures, Golden Venture Part
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Integrated knitted sensors

1 July 2013
A prototype of a special suit for electrical muscular stimulation was showcased by Germany's WarmX at the recent Techtextil 2013 in Frankfurt.
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Moisture for smarter monitoring

1 July 2013
The ECG belt which has been developed at Swiss research institute Empa in St.
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The future of charging at festivals

1 July 2013
For summer festivals, Vodafone UK has been promoting its Power Pocket in shorts and sleeping bags in a bid to harvest body heat and movement to boost the battery life of mobile devices.
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SmartTex Network at Techtextil

1 July 2013
There are currently 30 members of the SmartTex network based in the Thuringian region of Germany, from companies operating in the textiles industry, energy technology, plastic technology and research
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Activity monitors from Fraunhofer

1 July 2013
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS introduced the FitnessSHIRT and the Fitness Assistant at Techtextil 2013 in Frankfurt from June 11-13, as part of the special display area for func
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Microsoft builds in 3D printing support

1 July 2013
Microsoft's new Windows 8.1 system has built-in support for 3D printing and San Fransisco-based MakerBot has developed a 3D printing driver to go with it, promising plug-n-play and seamless end-to-end
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