smart textiles
Harvard Team Develops Shape Memory Material for Smart 3D Printed Fabrics
Researchers at Harvard University‘s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) created a new material from keratin that can be 3D printed into complex shapes and pre-programmed…
3D Printing with Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites for Smart Textiles
In the recently published ‘FDM 3D printing of conductive polymer nanocomposites: A novel process for functional and smart textiles,’ dissertation student Razieh Hashemi Sanatgar explores digital fabrication with composites for…
Cosyflex: Tamicare’s 3D Textile Printing Technology Goes into Mass Production
Like many 3D printed inventions, smart textiles still seem, to me, to be straight out of a science fiction novel or movie. A dress that knows when you’re stressed out? We’ve…
Ancient Bacteria Powers This Printed Bio-Skin Clothing That Opens Air Vents as You Sweat
In 1086 famous samurai and the commander-in-chief of the defense of the North of Japan Minamoto no Yoshiie was in the midst of an extended battle campaign. While he and…