Smart textiles

Dogi creates smart textiles with aloe vera nanoparticles

1 January 2007

Barcelona-headquartered Dogi International Fabrics has created a new line of smart fabrics with aloe vera nanoparticles which provide moisturising, calming, anti-oxidant and anti-ageing benefits to th

New design possibilities with Windows Vista

1 January 2007

Windows Vista, the latest Microsoft operating system, is being integrated into Kaledo 3D Trend, the new fashion design software package which will be commercially released by Lectra in 2007.

Aspen Aerogels receives Nano 50 award

1 January 2007

Aspen Aerogels, based in Northborough, Massachusetts, has received a coveted Nano 50 award.

Nanotech at ITMA 2007

1 January 2007

Nanotechnology will have a high profile at the ITMA 2007 international textile machinery exhibition which takes place in Munich from 13 to 20 September 2007.

Ahlstrom launches nanoalumina filtration media

1 January 2007

Ahlstrom has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Argonide Corporation to manufacture and commercialise patented electrostatic nanofibre filter media under the Disruptor brand name.

Airlines get the edge with ion mask treatment

1 January 2007

P2i Ltd is talking to a number of airline companies in respect of its new ion mask enhancement for cabin trim, seats, carpets and uniforms.

US men's suits get functional with Resist Spills

1 January 2007

Perry Ellis and Hart Schaffner Marx have incorporated Nano Tex's Resist Spills fabric treatment into their latest lines of men's suits and separates.

Nanotech venture capital to exceed $650 million in 2006

1 January 2007

Venture capitalists continue to devote cash to nanotechnology start-up companies, but, with the long expected time from investment to exit of six years - twice what VCs expect for investments in other

Latest Philips garments explore emotional sensing

1 January 2007

Philips Design has developed a series of dynamic garments as part of its ongoing SKIN exploratory research into the area of 'emotional sensing'.

Eleksen reports strong profits and Zegna deal

1 January 2007

Eleksen reports that between January and June 2006 its sales were GBP1.8 million - representing an increase of 622% on the same period in 2005.

Shape memory experiments in space

1 January 2007

Tembo elastic memory composite hinges manufactured by Composite Technology Development (CTD), based in Lafayette, Colorado, USA, are to be tested on the International Space Station (ISS).

PowerMatrix range of smart fabrics from Sefar

1 January 2007

Swiss headquartered Sefar AG now offers a range of woven smart fabrics based on its PowerMatrix hybrid of polyester and copper monofilaments in warp and weft.

Levi's Redwire in India

1 January 2007

Levi's has now launched its Redwire DLX iPod-compatible jeans in India, retailing at Rupees 9,000 (US$201), making them a little cheaper than the US$250 they are prices at on

Strong first year for new fluid printer

1 January 2007

Fujifilm Dimatix reports that it shipped more than 5,000 Dimatix materials cartridges and around 100 full Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) systems to customers in the first year of production.

Music in the air at CSIRO

1 January 2007

The smart fabrics story that has taken the international media by storm recently is CSIRO's 'air guitar' shirt.

Auxetic fibres for bomb-proof curtains

1 January 2007

Engineers from the University of Exeter in the UK are working on a new project to create curtains made from a smart material that could minimise injuries inflicted by a terrorist attack.

NaturalNano runs machine-scale tests

1 January 2007

New York-headquartered NaturalNano has announced the first successful manufacturing-scale-trial of its halloysite clay nanotube technology,

US college invests $190 million in new materials complex

1 January 2007

With a total investment of $190 million, Pennsylvania State University will construct a new 350,000-square-foot materials/life science research facility at its University Park campus.

Nanoledge to be supplied with Arkema CNTs

1 January 2007

Arkema of France is to supply multiwalled carbon nanotubes to Nanoledge for incorporation into nanotube-resin composites.

Nanocoating installation for AP & C

1 January 2007

Advanced Powders and Coatings (AP & C), a subsidiary of Raymor Industries, is currently expanding its thermal spray coating production capacity at its new facility in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, t

New luminous knitted fabrics for cars

1 January 2007

Automotive interiors specialist Eybl International reports that it has developed a luminous textile which works in three dimensions.

Innovation award for Schoeller's c_change

1 January 2007

Schoeller Textil AG of Switzerland has received the 2006 Frost and Sullivan Product Innovation of the Year Award.

Smart Fabrics 2007 rescheduled

1 January 2007

Intertech-Pira has rescheduled its Smart Fabrics 2007 conference which will now be held on May 7-9, 2007 at the Washington Marriott in Washington DC, USA.

NanoSolutions and Material Vision to be held in parallel in 2007

1 January 2007

Materials technology and its continued development via nanonottechnology is of decisive importance for Germany's future.

New face at Textronics

1 January 2007

Textronics has named Geoffrey Lapres as chief financial officer (CFO).

New tools for the nanoscale

1 January 2007

FEI Company is expanding its Helios NanoLab family of DualBeams with the introduction of the Helios NanoLab 400 and 400S systems.

Adding intelligence to optical fibres

1 January 2007

Pennsylvania State University researchers are developing a new generation of super-intelligent and inexpensive optical fibres.

New chair of nanotech

1 January 2007

The use of polyester as a substrate for wearable technologies is one of the current projects being developed by Professor Arokia Nathan, who has been appointed the first holder of the Sumitomo/STS cha

Advanced protection on the slopes with d3o

1 December 2006

The UK's d3o labs has been working with leading designer brands Spyder, Kjus, Shoeffel, Reusch and Ribcap on new products for skiers to be introduced this winter.

Nano companies take obligations seriously, says US-based alliance

1 December 2006

Gaps in legal authority and insufficient resources are hindering US efforts to better understand and manage the potential risks from hundreds of new products incorporating nanotechnologies.

Nanofibres could aid brain tumour treatment

1 December 2006

Electrospun micro and nanofibres for the implant-sustained delivery of the anti-cancer drug Paclitaxel to C6 gliomas are being developed and tested by scientists in Singapore.

Field tests for embedded fabric displays in 2007

1 December 2006

New displays using electrophoretic inks embedded into fabric and integrated in military uniforms are near to commercialization.

Advanced nanolab for Northern Ireland

1 December 2006

The University of Ulster opened the FEI Centre for Advanced Imaging in Northern Ireland at the end of October.

People

1 December 2006

A collection of stories about people from the December 2006 issue.

Reliable of Milwaukee adds nanosilver

1 December 2006

Leading apparel manufacturer Reliable of Milwaukee will incorporate SmartSilver anti-odour and antimicrobial protection into its hunting, footwear and outdoor product lines.

Eleksen holds smart fabrics seminars

1 December 2006

Eleksen, the inventor and manufacturer of ElekTex smart fabric touchpads for the control of consumer electronics, is holding its first seminars on designing with smart fabrics on 8 November in London,

Nanocomposites market US$857 million by 2011

1 December 2006

The global consumption of nanocomposites was $252 million in 2005 according to a new report.

Benchtop instrument for FMCG research

1 December 2006

Farfield Group has launched what is being hailed as the first commercially packaged, bench-top, nanotechnology instrument, the NanoFlex.

London's new nano-analytical powerhouse

1 December 2006

Imperial College London has unveiled one of the UK's most powerful microscopes, the Titan 80-300 S/TEM from FEI.

Ultra-thin, pressure-sensitive switches with smart textiles potential

1 December 2006

A team of Austrian physicists has recently developed ultra-thin pressure sensors that can also be processed into sensitive textiles.

EL textile panels developed for US army shelters at Natick

1 December 2006

The Natick Soldier Center (NSC) is working with the private company Crosslink to develop electroluminescent (EL) textile panels for shelters.

Gold nanoparticles with Merino wool for added value

1 December 2006

Gold could add greater value to high quality garments. In nanoparticle form it is being developed as a new method of adding colour to Merino wool in New Zealand.

Nanostructured polymers aid NASA

1 December 2006

A heatshield repair material using Starfire Systems' pre-ceramic polymers was tested on the Space Shuttle Discovery during space walk earlier this year.

Luminescent textiles for new effects in home furnishings

1 December 2006

German research institite STFI has been working on a number of projects for integrating optical fibres into fabrics.

VivoMetrics first response partnership with RAE

1 December 2006

VivoMetrics has partnered with California-based RAE Systems to integrate the LifeShirt 300 with AreaRAE wireless networks.

Aerogels market estimated at US$951 million by 2011

1 December 2006

The global market for aerogels will be worth $62 million in 2006, according to a new report by BCC Research.

Carbon nanotubes in composite resins

1 December 2006

New York-headquartered Nanoledge has launched the sale of its Nano In Res Master Series range of products.

Ink-jet system paves way for more intelligent substrates

1 December 2006

Fujifilm Dimatix based in Santa Clara, California, has used its ink jet technology to print silver fluid with features of less than 20 microns.

Nanotreated Dimensions line

1 December 2006

CMI Enterprises, a supplier of soft-trim textiles and fabrication solutions to the healthcare, contract furniture and transportation industries, has announced the development and market availability o

NEST for Nordic smart textiles

1 December 2006

The Nordic Centre of Excellence for Smart Textiles and Wearable Technologies (NEST) is a new Centre of Excellence, which includes all the main research institutes in the Nordic countries and Lithuania

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