Category Archive: Textiles

15 Nov

Knitted stretch sensing

Knitted stretch sensing

Hannah Perner-Wilson of Pulsea has been exploring knitted stretch sensing. She’s got a great photoset here that documents her experiments. I wonder how accurate the …

 
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19 Oct

Smart Fabrics 2009 Conference Review

Smart Fabrics 2009 Conference Review

This review by the folks at Innovation in Textiles of the 5th annual Smart Fabrics Conference that took place in Rome this year is definitely …

 
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26 Jun

Vital Jacket monitors heart rate

Vital Jacket monitors heart rate

“All sorts of huge machines are used by hospitals to monitor a patient’s vitals, but with the pace in which technology is miniaturizing, there are no real …

 
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02 Mar

Joanna Berzowska writes a paper on electronic textiles

Joanna Berzowska writes a paper on electronic textiles

Wearable technology designer and researcher Joanna Berzowska wrote a paper that is a great introduction to smart textiles titled Electronic Textiles: Wearable Computers, Reactive Fashion, and Soft …

 
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23 Feb

Pattern-changing swimsuits

Pattern-changing swimsuits

Textile designer Yun Ding has created Aqua Chameleon, a line of delicate-looking swimwear printed with smart pigments such as thermochromatic and photochromatic ink that change …

 
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19 Jan

Automatically generating crochet patterns

Automatically generating crochet patterns

Matt Gilbert, a grad student at Georgia Tech, created a program that automatically generates crochet patterns. Gilbert says that “this experimental work was inspired by …

 
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04 Jan

Illuminating heavy-knit dress

Illuminating heavy-knit dress

Designer Mary Huang created this heavy-knit dress that illuminates a soft white light. Conceptually, there’s not much there, but the LEDs that Huang has integrated into the …

 
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01 Jan

Bubelle blush dress reacts to emotions

Bubelle blush dress reacts to emotions

Philips design probe program has created a variety of projects under the theme SKIN. The concept behind these experimental garments is to investigate the expression …

 
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27 Dec

Fashion technology as narrative

Fashion technology as narrative

Fashion designer Angel Chang combines technology, data visualization, and narrative in a unique way that influences the aesthetics and function of her fashion collections. She’s been experimenting with color-changing …

 
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23 Dec

Liquid crystal textiles

Liquid crystal textiles

Fashion designer Joshua Hupper of AlphaMicron is working with liquid crystal technology that he’s applying to garments. The technology is similar to that found in many flat-panel …

 
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