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UK smart fabrics specialist Fibretronic is supplying Levi Strauss with the iPod control system for its new RedWire DLX jeans.
Textronics has recently expanded into the sports and consumer retail markets in the UK with its NuMetrex brand of body-monitoring clothing.
Zyvex, of Richardson, Texas, is to establish a nanomaterials prototyping facility at the Polymer Processing Center within the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
NaturalNano has filed a US patent application for advances in the production of nanocomposites in the polymers and plastics industry.
Electrospinning is being employed for the fast and low-cost fabrication of nanoscale resonators.
The new StormRider heated vest launched by Scottish company EXO features a climate control system.
High-end manufacturer of men's and women's tailored clothing Bagir is introducing the iPod business suit for men.
A handheld electrospinning machine developed at Marburg University in Germany could prove an invaluable tool in future wound healing and tissue regeneration.
International Fashion Machines Inc has created three interactive textile/light works which are currently being exhibited at The Ontario Science Center.
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Nanophase Technologies based in Romeoville, Illinois, USA, has announced the initial order for a new textile application that is being introduced to the industry on a global basis.
Shape memory comes to fabrics with Schoeller of Switzerland's new c_change membrane technology.
Ten universities and 16 companies are taking part in the Euro12.7 million Digitex project on the development of hardware and software for the surface treatment of textile finishing at the nanoscale.
Texnology Nano International says it now has the capacity to nanocoat a million items of clothing and home furnishings on a monthly basis at its ten-line plant in Nanchang, in Jiangxi Province, China.
Over half a million Softswitch integrated textile controls have now been shipped worldwide in jackets made by brands such as Burton, O'Neill and Adidas.
Having the ability to measure pH in a wipe without the need for a biopsy could provide clinicians with a rapid method for determining if a suspicious growth is malignant.
Industrial Nanotech, based in Naples, Florida, USA, has shipped its second significant and increased order of Nansulate coating liquid to Turkey's textile industry.
Two University of Delaware researchers have discovered a way to detect damage within advanced fibre composite materials by using a network of carbon nanotubes.
Nanosolar, a Silicon Valley start-up founded in 2001 to commercialize low-cost solar cells based on metal foils, has won US$100 million in funding to build a manufacturing facility in the San Francisc
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