Wearable robotics are moving quickly from research labs into everyday life, and smart exosuits are leading the shift. Unlike bulky, ...

A research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki from Saarland University is using a highly versatile film not much thicker than household cling film to impart new capabilities to ...

Color-changing light-emitting fibers woven into fabric enable flexible, pixel-level displays for smart textiles, opening new possibilities for wearable communication. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a ...

Imagine a T-shirt that could monitor your heart rate or blood pressure. Or a pair of socks that could provide feedback on your running stride. It may be closer than you think, with new research ...

A research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in smart materials, successfully developing soft magnetorheological textiles that can flexibly ...

Abstract: Smart textiles combine age-old processes of knitting and weaving with advances in fiber-based smart materials to create soft and flexible circuits for a wide range of applications. While ...