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Smart Textile Summer School in Switzerland
The Swiss Textile College is offering this September a two week summer School course on Smart Textiles in Zürich / Switzerland. As one of the leading European institutions for textile research & development, the Swiss Textile College aims to bring [...]
Adidas Performance Bra with HRM sensor
Adidas is renewing it’s drive into wearable tech with the launch of the Tennis Performance Bra as part of the Stella McCartney collection. The Tennis Performance Bra features besides high performance textiles, integrated sensor patches at the front of the [...]
DIY eTextiles – creating a natural link between tech and textiles
In this week’s eTextile DIY article I like to introduce you to Fio, a designer and maker of awesome things like the textile projects I have found on her website. My favorite design in Fio’s portfolio is the E-embroidery image. [...]
Electrifying Fabrics
Wearable power is on the top of my search list and each time I stumble across news out of the research kitchen I can not help but to share the latest news. Undeniable, wearable power, using materials that act and [...]
Cycling in style – Sporty Supaheroe jacket
Light animated cycling apparel are on course to become the latest trend in technology enhanced clothing. The advantage of active-light elements for cycling apparel is a greater visibility at night and with it a much lower risk for cyclists to [...]
Wearable sensing for sport activities
Professional as well as fitness sport apparel look like to become a prime area for wearable technology integration. In the past few month I have seen a increase in research and development activities for integrated sensory functions in sport apparel [...]
eTextile Tutorial – Audience Jacket
One of my favorite wearable tech resources is OCAD’s (Ontario College of Art & Design University) Social Body Lab headed by one of the most prominent persons in the wearable tech space – Kate Hartman, co-creator of the LilyPad XBee [...]
