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Forthcoming showcases for advanced sportswear in Munich

1 January 2011
The exhibition ISPO 2011, along with the Wearable Technologies Show held in parallel at the same venue, prove the performance sports sector to be a thriving market for technical fabrics, as well as em
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Textile Institute celebrates centenary by looking to the future

1 January 2011
Founded in 1909, The Textile Institute showed its modern outlook by hosting a conference that covered wearable technologies, flame retardants, carbon and carbon nitride fibres, and safety and protecti
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Rapid progress makes reactive surface technology a reality

1 January 2011
A surface treatment that can be applied in seconds to a wide variety of textiles, giving them multiple, durable functions from a single process has quickly turned from a military research project into
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Affordable and practical plasma technology arrives in Cannes

1 January 2011
At the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating (TCL) 2010, held in Cannes, France, 4-5 November 2010, Gary Selwyn of APJet explained why atmospheric pressure plasma jet technology i
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Symposium reflects new markets for coating

1 December 2010
Coatema recently held its 11th symposium at its R&D centre in Dormagen, Germany, featuring talks on many areas of coating and printing technology, and hands-on demonstrations from the company's R&
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SmartFiber project for continuous health monitoring of composites

1 December 2010
SmartFiber is a new European FP7 funded project aiming to develop a smart, miniaturised system for the continuous health monitoring of composites by bringing together optical fiber sensors, nanophoton
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Health monitoring by mobile

1 December 2010
Belgium's Imec and the Dutch Holst Centre have developed a mobile heart monitoring system which allows an Android mobile phone to become an electrocardiogram (ECG).
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Remote health monitoring of the Chilean Miners

1 December 2010
Electronic textiles came into their own in the months prior to the dramatic rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners which made headlines around the world.
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Colour-changing fabric scoops award

1 December 2010
The first Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF Innovation Award) was presented to Chameleon International during the IFAI Expo Americas 2010 held from 27- 29 October in Orlando, Florida.
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Rilsan 11 products launched

1 December 2010
Socks and sports bags using Arkema's biosourced polyamide grade Rilsan 11 - normally an engineering plastic grade - have recently been launched.
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Prescriptions for LifeVest top 30,000

1 December 2010
Zoll Medical Corporation has announced that more than 30,000 patients at high risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) have been prescribed the LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator and its revenues for the prod
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Bluetooth Innovation World Cup 2010 finalists selected

1 December 2010
An impact sensor for the detailed measurement of shocks in sports accidents for incorporation in helmets or protective clothing is among the finalists of the second Bluetooth Innovation World Cup (IWC
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Electriplast gaining traction with car makers

1 December 2010
Integral Technologies, based in Bellingham, Washington, USA, reports that through a Tier One supplier of lithium ion batteries, one of Europe's leading car makers has ordered sample parts to be moulde
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Large-area smart textiles project will build on STELLA success

1 December 2010
The new European FP7 project PASTA - Integrating Platform for Advanced Smart Textile Applications - is aiming to develop large-area smart textiles.
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Wearable monitoring apps developer kit launched

1 December 2010
Spanish company Emxys, based at the Incubation Centre of the European Space Agency (ESA) at Noordwijk in the Netherlands, has launched a developer kit for its TrainGrid system.
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New large-scale fabric application for CNTs

1 December 2010
In what is almost certainly the largest industrial application for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to date, extremely stable and robust varieties have been employed in a forming fabric for a paper production
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Solar powered word processing

1 December 2010
Following on from the range of power-providing solar garments, backpacks and other devices that are now available, Logitech has introduced the first light-powered wireless keyboard, the K750, which wi
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Suited for Space

1 December 2010
DuPont is the national sponsor of 'Suited for Space' a new exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.
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Invisibility explored at FUTEX2011

1 December 2010
The 4th European Convention for Technical Textiles - FUTEX 2011 - will be held in Marcq-en-Baroeul in Northern France from 19-20 January 2011.It will focus on the many technical products which are com
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Synthetic mineral fibres for lighter parts

1 December 2010
The new Hyperform HPR family of reinforcing additives from Milliken provides processors with a new option for making high performance polypropylene parts with low weight.
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