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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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Practical innovation for cotton

1 December 2010
Fibertect, a decontamination technology developed by researchers at Texas Tech University, is one of seven new innovations selected by Cotton Incorporated to demonstrate cotton's versatility.
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Government backing for wearable ink developers

1 December 2010
A new UK start-up, which is commercialising a unique conductive ink created by postgraduates at London's Royal College of Art, has been awarded GBP100,000 from the UK's Technology Strategy Board to de
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Smart Fabrics 2011

1 December 2010
The 7th annual Smart Fabrics conference will take place on 4-6 April 2011 at the Hotel Russell in London, UK.
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New lithium ion separator from Japan Vilene

1 December 2010
Japan Vilene has developed a new highly heat resistant nonwoven separator for lithium ion batteries.
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A new nanofibre force to be reckoned with

1 December 2010
The first results of work at University of Texas-Pan American employing the Forcespinning system to fabricate polymeric nanofibres and metallic nanowires have been published and prove the many advanta
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Smart showcase in Santa Clara

1 December 2010
The Printed Electronics USA (PEUSA) 2010 exhibition featured the latest innovations from textiles companies using printed electronics.
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AmSafe on sixty airlines

1 December 2010
The AmSafe Seatbelt Airbag is now employed on approximately 35,000 seats on planes operated by over 60 airlines worldwide, its manufacturer, based in Phoenix, Arizona, reports.
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Smart fabrics potential outlined at 100th Centenary Textile Institute conference

1 December 2010
Integrated textiles and electronics is an industry already estimated to be worth more than $1 billion annually, Professor Xia-ming Tao, of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said in her keynote addess
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Teijin targets significant HP-PE share

1 December 2010
Teijin is to enter the high-performance polyethylene (HP-PE) fibres and tapes market and aims to claim a 15-20% share of it by 2015.
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