IM Blanky, blanket with personality
A team at Studio NMinusOne at the University of Toronto’s RAD (Responsive Architecture at Daniels) developed an amazing smart textile object, the IM Blanky a blanket that knows its state in time and position in space. Being able to know [...]
The Swedish School of Textiles is looking for a Ph.D. student in Textile Design
The Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås is offering a Ph.D. student in Textile Design, a fantastic opportunity to be part of their team working on cutting edge – literally – textile technology including the development of [...]
Future Textiles Summit
Future Textiles is the name of a three-week long event focusing on collecting and communicating knowledge about smart textiles. The Future Textiles summit is hosted by the Knowledge Center for Smart Textiles at TEKO Design + Business, VIA University College, [...]
Smart Textiles Salon is calling for prototypes
The second edition of the Smart Textiles Salon, an initiative from the University of Ghent, Belgium and Systex, is well under way and accepting project submissions until March 15th. Your project prototype should fit in the scope of the exhibition [...]
High Flying Smart Textiles
A number of initiatives look into the sensible use of smart textiles, sensors embedded into the fabric of life like for medical purpose or evaluation performance in sport activities. Using sensible, smart fabric covered airplane seats for a more comfortable [...]
SYSTEX Smart Textiles Student Award 2010 winner – Active Belt from Kunal Mankodiya
For the second time SYSTEX and the Ghent University called students around the world for smart textile designs and to select the yearly champion. The 2010 winning entry is the Active Belt by Kunal Mankodiya from the Institute for Signal [...]
Translator shirt
Visionaries at Bayer, a German high tech company directed their research power on photovoltaic according to a recently published press release. The for us noticeable statement can be found towards the end of the press release stating ‘In future, photovoltaic [...]
