UGA researchers are exploring smart textiles made with MXenes that can monitor health, fight bacteria, and charge devices.

A new smart fabric powered by your phone has the potential to quietly replace wearable health trackers as we know them.

Researchers and innovators are advancing self-powering smart textiles that can monitor health and generate energy from sunlight, motion, moisture, or body heat. These developments align with the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In healthcare settings, textiles like bed sheets, scrubs and curtains can harbor dangerous pathogens, facilitating the spread of infections among patients and staff. Despite ...

The annual Smart Fabrics Summit was held again this year at the Wilson College of Textiles of North Carolina State University, sponsored by the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA, formerly the ...

Apple has presented the patents in the past, including ones for making fabric buttons that are meant to be stitched to HomePods. A new patent shows several uses for smart fabric that has sensors and ...

Smart fabrics can be manufactured from a wide range of materials and aim to provide added value with regards to safety, comfort or performance, especially enhancing athletic performance. Smart fabrics ...