This wearable touchpad is a touch-sensitive fabric surface that can recognize shapes that are drawn on it. When someone swipes their finger across this smart textile, the pressure and direction of ...

An item that cannot be cleaned in any other way should, if possible, be vacuumed. Loose soil and dust can be removed by placing the textile on a flat surface, placing a piece of fiberglass screening ...

Sports, fashion and the automotive industry – textiles with integrated electronics are used in many areas of everyday life.

Textiles span everything from design for fashion and interiors, to industrial products and gallery exhibitions. Learn to innovate in material, pattern and surface design, and consider environmental, ...

A team of researchers from Saarland University in Germany has found a way to turn super-thin, stretchy films—about the thickness of kitchen cling wrap—into smart materials that can bring everyday ...