Discover how Chinese scientists have transformed fabric into a digital screen, turning everyday clothes into smart displays.

Imperial researchers have devised a way to deposit metals onto fabrics and used it to insert sensors and batteries into these materials. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Imperial College ...

In an opinion piece published in the journal Matter, members of the Fibers@MIT research group recently laid out a detailed vision for how the rapidly growing field of advanced fibers and fabrics could ...

If your idea of smart fabrics is a pair of khaki pants that sheds food stains, think again. The smartest fabrics are becoming electroactive, allowing them to address far more important engineering ...

What is a Smart Fabric? Smart fabrics are those fabrics that can sense and respond to external stimuli by varying their properties. These are wearable fabrics that can be applied to medical monitoring ...

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 ...

Most people deal with temperature changes in their surroundings with a sartorial strategy: for example, short sleeves for a balmy day outside and a sweater for the air-conditioned office. A new smart ...

The acoustic fabric, which could eventually be used in spacesuits and soldier uniforms, “bridges the physical and digital domains,” officials say. Defense Wearables Research & Development Space ...

New research building on older work demonstrates that Apple is working out how to weave sensors and switches into fabric, which could then be used for smart bags, furniture, clothing, and more.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. --– An Army-funded smart fiber being tested on the International Space Station could be used to develop space dust telescopes and allow astronauts to feel through their ...

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 ...