FRENCH scientists are developing fabrics that make you not only chic but also protect you against odors, bacteria, fungi and yeast.
Developing fabrics with the desired texture by the means of knitting machines is limited due to the limitation of number of feeders and increase of colors which causes a reduce in production.
While they don't precisely warm on command with the flip of a switch, the jeans do use technology to keep their wearer balmy, relying on specially developed fabric that turns moisture evaporating from the body into heat by creating small air pockets.
Siren, a startup that has developed fabric with embedded microsensors, has unveiled its product, a sock for people with diabetes.
The results demonstrate great improvement in the desired quality parameters of the developed fabric.
The purpose of this study was to develop fabric heating elements using CNF/PVDF-HFP composite coated cotton fabric with various circuit patterns with the aim of providing low cost, flexible, light, and uniform heating performance compared to conventional fabric heating elements.
MIT is leading an $80m five-year project, partly financed by the Pentagon, to develop fabrics that think.
But you can't beat London for sourcing the most highly developed fabrics and the research that goes into cutting-edge design".
Scholten and Baijings used their well-known eye for color and textiles on the car's seats, which they rendered as minimal, almost folded forms with specially developed fabrics and hand-stitching with silk thread.
Romeril is known for beautifully developed fabrics.
