Category: Research
Wearable Power – the body as power station
Next to interactive gloves, wearable power is coming into the news on a regular, frequent basis. The latest news I picked up is based on research work at the University of Southampton where scientists aim to generate energy through people’s [...]
MagIC T-Shirt for health monitoring
I use frequently the word ‘magic’ in connection with illuminated clothing as light radiates a kind of magic especially when it comes from objects that are not (yet) commonly known to light up like …. clothing. The word ‘Magic’ in [...]
Graphene OPV – wearable sun-power within reach?
Professor Chongwu Zhou and his team of researcher at the University of Southern California produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that have great potential for a new breed of solar cells suitable to be integrated into garments. Graphene OPV (organic [...]
Smart Textiles: Weaving with electronics
Most wearable electronic development we see today are made by attaching either permanently or removable electronic functionality. This concept has it’s usefulness in some areas but the ultimate break through in wearable electronic will be by fully integrating electronics into [...]
Electronic Fiber
Staying a bit in the fiber since field today’s article is about a development coming from Jian Feng Gu at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. Mr. Jian Feng Gu and his team work on a simple [...]
Textile science: Fibers that can hear and sing
In the old days making fibers was a relative simple matter, creating yarn and weave them to clothes. But these days are numbered with the emergence of intelligent fibers and textiles. Fiber development migrated in our digital age to electronic [...]
Wearable Power – Paper Battery
Assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford Yi Cui and his team have manufactured a new energy storage device (battery) out of ordinary paper or cloth coated with carbon nanotube ink. Sounds fantastic news for wearable power especially [...]
