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February
2005
"Smart
Fabrics - Advancing the Market
and Technology for
Technical
Textiles"
February
7-9, 2005, Hotel Avenida
Palace, Barcelona, Spain
For
more information and to visit the
website, please click
here.
December
2004
"International
Workshop on Personalised
Health"
The
integration of innovative sensing,
textile,
information and communication
technologies.
Academia, Industry and
Healthcare
in strategic collaboration
for
the future
December
13-15, 2004
Belfast,
Northern Ireland
Visit
the workshop
website.
Download
the workshop
flyer.
Download
the registration
form.
October
2004
"Interactive,
Smart, Intelligent and
High Performance Textile Materials:
Their
Technologies and Applications"
DTI Technology Mission Seminar
October
29, 2004
Leeds,
UK
For
more information, please
contact Anita
Hill or Download
the
Brochure and Registration
Form.
October
2004
IFAI
Expo 2004
October
27-29, 2004
Pittsburgh,
US
For
more information, please
visit
www.ifaiexpo.info
July
2004
"Interdisciplinary
Approaches to
Medical Solutions"
16th
July 2004, Leeds General
Infirmary, Leeds, UK, 10:00am -
4:00pm
A
focus group meeting, bringing
together medical practitioners and
textile
and material scientists and
engineers, to promote
interdisciplinary
interactions, define
needs and
possibilities and exploit
new R&D
pathways to create new
medical
solutions...More>>
July
2004
"HP
Tex 2004"
July
7-9, 2004, Coimbatore, India
For
more information and to visit the
website, please click
here.
June
2004
"Wearable
Electronic and Smart
Textiles"
11th
June 2004, Crowne
Plaza Hotel,
Leeds, UK, 10:00am
- 4:00pm
A
technical seminar, featuring talks
from:
Jukka
Vanhala, Tampere University
of Technology, Finland
David
Murray, Walterio Mayol,
University of Oxford, UK
Dianne
Jones, Softswitch Ltd, UK
Paul
Gough, Philips Research Labs,
UK
Carla
Hertleer, Ghent University,
Belgium
George
Stylios, Heriot-Watt
University, UK
Eric
McAdams, University of Ulster,
Northern Ireland
Nigel
Gilhespy, Eleksen Ltd, UK
For queries, please contact Kamal
Sen.
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November
2004: A bendable
foldable loudspeaker made from woven copper wiring and polyester is now
available from Osaka-based semiconductor firm Mikasa Shoji. The speaker
size dictates the price. Currently, a 5.5x30 cm speaker costs about 15,000
yen, but the company aims at reducing the price for next year. More>>
November
2004: Yarns made
solely from carbon nanotubes could pave the way for the next generation of
'soft' body armours to provide protection from bullets and other small
ballistic missiles. The dry-spun carbon nanotubes yarns, developed by the
University of Texas and CSIRO, could also be used to produce garments that
act as electrically-driven 'muscles'. More>>
October
2004: Novel
optoelectronic fibres containing metal, insulator and seminconducting
layers have been created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT). Potential applications include spectrometric fabrics for
photodetectors and light sensitive materials for clothing. More>>
October
2004: The University
of Bath and the London College of Fashion are collaborating in the
development of an intelligent garment that adapt to changing temperatures
by opening and closing tiny spike-like structures on the surface of the
material. The micro structure is said to mimic pine cones when they
open and close to emit seeds. More>>
September
2004: Xybernaut Corp
has patented a wearable computer system integrated within the collar of a
garment. The system consists of computer components such as a
display monitor, microphone, audio headset, hands-free components, etc. More>>
September
2004: Scottevest Inc (SeV)
and Global Solar Energy have
launched the first solar-powered
jacket, able to carry, connect and charge portable devices. The jackets,
which retails at $425 each,
contains the patent-pending Personal Area Network (PAN) and a series of
internal, hidden conduits. More>> August
2004: The first cellulose-made
shape memory fabrics have
been produced at Hong-Kong
Polytechnic University. The
shape memory
effect is imparted
by a polymer finish on
the natural fibre fabrics, enabling
them to return to their original
shape when heated. More>> August
2004: Global market for smart
fabrics and intelligent textiles
is currently estimated at $300
million today, and expected to
grow to $720 million by 2008. The
military represent ~10% of annual
consumption. Fashion clothing
and accessories also take
up a large market. More>> August
2004: 'Outlast fibres and fabrics'
are to be
used in a new range
of sweaters by Bernette Textiles
(US), to produce garments that
can adjust to keep the wearer
at an optimum temperature. The
sweaters will be able to store, absorb
and release heat
as required,
through micro-encapsulated
phase change
materials. More>> August
2004: US Congress approves
$21m funding for Polartec Fabrics
to develop garments for
the US military. $1.5million of this
amount is set aside for research
into electronic textiles used
to monitor and transmit soldiers'
pulse, blood pressure, temperature
and location. More>>
July
2004: Rosner and Infineon develop 128Mb MP3 jacket with incorporated
headphones, where the electronic device is controlled through buttons on
the jacket's sleeve. The jacket will be available from the Rosner
website from August 2004. More>> July
2004: Northumbria University (UK) comes up with wireless
football shirt that can measure dehydration level. The
washable shirt uses sensors to record electrical activity of the heart
and silicon gel based strips to monitor sweat loss. More>>
July
2004: Fabrics that generate solar power could soon be
woven into military uniforms and other materials. The fabrics, made by
Iowa Thin Film Technologies Inc. have a silicon film embedded with solar
modules. More>>
June
2004: Launch of a student competition for the most innovative smart
clothing concept. The deadline for the competition is the 15th September
2004, with a cash prize of £300. More>>
June
2004: Heated socks now on trials - tests for
wireless 'smart' wool socks, made with conductive polymers
threaded through ordinary wool to provide warmth, are under way
with British retailers. More>> June
2004: Cell-phone
users can now protect themselves against mobile phone radiation by
wearing smart trousers developed by Crocodile Products Private Ltd
(India). The trousers pockets are lined with 'Radiguard', a
woven mix of cotton, polyester and steel capable of filtering out
the electro magnetic rays from mobile phones. The trousers are
likely to be available on the market in July 2004. More>>
May
2004: "1", the latest Adidas running shoe, incorporates
sensors, a microprocessor and motor to adjust cushioning during walking
and running. The new shoe has been under development for the last
three years, and is said to be available on the market by December
2004. More>>
Feb
2004: Technology Enabled Clothing (TEC) teams up with Canada's ICP
Solar Technologies to develop solar powered jackets that can enable
wearers to carry, connect and charge their portable digital devices.
More>>
Nov
2003: $3 million is the amount invested in Combat Casualty Care by
the US government in research on electronic textiles for military
applications. The grant is used to develop and design electronic
textiles that can monitor and transmit wearers' pulse, blood pressure,
temperature and location back to medics and a central unit. More>>
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