e_Static Shadows – textile display visualizes electro static
‘e-Static Shadows‘ is a research project by designer Dr. Zane Berzina and architect Jackson Tan which creatively explores the speculative and poetic potential of static electricity found in our everyday environments, surrounding our everyday interactions.
The aim of the project is to investigate how electrostatic energy could either be effectively utilized or play a part in [...]
Intelligent Textiles for the digital soldier
Another highly interesting company I have visited during the TechTextile is ITL (Intelligent Textiles Limited) a UK based research and development company founded in 2002 specialized in the weaving of complex electrical circuits in conductive fabrics.
Starting in the traditional application areas of consumer apparel (eg. wearable music player and phone controllers), healthcare (eg. biomonitoring) and [...]
Weaving with Conductive Thread and LEDs
WeaveZine published an highly interesting article about Lynne Bruning’s e-textile weaving technique.
The article explains the advantage the weaving process provides over sewing with electrically conductive yarn.
A detailed description, illustrated with sketches and many photos, explains the use of the clasped-weft technique, a weaving technique Lynne found out to provide perfect conditions for integrating conductive [...]
