Wearable Technology News
June 10, 2025
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May 13, 2025 — 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 ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have created washable and durable magnetic field sensing electronic textiles -- thought to be the first of their kind -- which they say paves the way to transform use in clothing. This technology will allow users to interact with ...
Feb. 13, 2025 — Electronic textiles, such as heating pads and electric blankets, can keep the wearer warm and help ease aches and pains. However, prolonged use of these devices could possibly cause heat-related illnesses, including hyperthermia or burns. Recently, ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — A research team has shown wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) can be both sustainable and ...
Nov. 11, 2024 — Engineers have found a way to make stronger and crack-resistant concrete with scrap carpet fibers, rolling out the red carpet for sustainability in the construction ...
Oct. 31, 2024 — The next step for fully integrated textile-based electronics to make their way from the lab to the wardrobe is figuring out how to power the garment gizmos without unfashionably toting around a solid ...
Oct. 22, 2024 — Developing edge-computing and AI capabilities from wearable sensors enhances their intelligence, critical for the AI of Things, and reduces power consumption by minimizing data exchange between sensory terminals and computing units. This enables ...
Oct. 9, 2024 — A team of international researchers has developed a natural fabric that urban residents could wear to counter rising temperatures in cities worldwide, caused by buildings, asphalt, and ...
Oct. 1, 2024 — Inspired by the dynamic color-changing properties of squid skin, researchers have developed a method to manufacture a heat-adjusting material that is breathable and washable and can be integrated into flexible fabric. The composite material operates ...
Aug. 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a smart fabric that can convert body heat and solar energy into electricity, potentially enabling continuous operation with no need for an external power source. Different sensors monitoring temperature, stress, and more ...
July 23, 2024 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, flexible, and customizable sensor for badminton players that overcomes current monitoring constraints. The team used triboelectric sensors to construct their intelligent monitoring system because they are easy ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into ...
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Dec. 16, 2024 — A research team has developed a highly efficient wearable energy harvester that can power electronic devices using only body ...
Aug. 7, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a technique for creating sensors that can function both in air and underwater. The approach paves the way for 'amphibious' sensors with applications ranging from ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Super wearable electronics that are lightweight, stretchable and increase sweat permeability by 400-fold have been developed by scientists, enabling ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — Scientists have developed ultra-thin semiconductor fibers that can be woven into fabrics, turning them into smart wearable ...
Jan. 30, 2024 — A joint research team has developed a stretchable and adhesive microneedle sensor that can be attached to the skin and stably measure high-quality electrophysiological signals for a long period of ...
Jan. 16, 2024 — This month, a group of stroke survivors in British Columbia will test a new technology designed to aid their recovery, and ultimately restore use of their limbs and hands. Participants will wear a ...
Jan. 13, 2024 — Clothes and other textiles are among the materials that we are the worst at recycling. But this may change. Researchers have developed a new ...
Dec. 11, 2023 — A single strand of newly developed fiber has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of the polymer, polyaniline. The new material has shown good potential for wearable e-textiles. ...
Aug. 29, 2023 — Scientists have developed a fabric-based wearable device that 'taps' a user's wrist with pressurized air, silently helping them navigate to their destination. The study demonstrated that users ...
July 6, 2023 — Wearable sensors are becoming a promising tool in personalized healthcare and exercise monitoring. In a recent study, researchers develop a novel ...
Earlier Headlines
June 4, 2024 — A team used experiments and simulations to quantify and predict how knit fabric response can be programmed. By establishing a mathematical theory of knitted materials, the researchers hope that ...
Mar. 19, 2024 — Imaging being able to wear clothes that charge your gadgets just by wearing them. New research has brought us a step closer to achieving this ...
June 28, 2023 — New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...
May 25, 2023 — Researchers developed a fully knitted, circuit-embedded knee wearable for wireless sensing of joint motion in real-time. Compared to other knitted electronics, this model has fewer externally ...
May 22, 2023 — Engineers have developed the first fully integrated wearable ultrasound system for deep-tissue monitoring, including for subjects on the ...
May 3, 2023 — Sweat is more than just a sign of a good workout. It holds vital information about our health, providing clues to dehydration, fatigue, blood sugar levels and even serious conditions such as cystic ...
May 2, 2023 — It's time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology -- a fabric armband that's actually a touch pad. Researchers say they have devised a way to make playing video ...
May 2, 2023 — In an effort to make textiles more sustainable, a new method allows researchers to break old clothing down chemically and reuse polyester compounds to create fire resistant, anti-bacterial or ...
Apr. 24, 2023 — A new smart material is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different ...
Apr. 21, 2023 — Researchers have developed next-generation smart textiles -- incorporating LEDs, sensors, energy harvesting, and storage -- that can be produced inexpensively, in any shape or size, using the same ...
Apr. 19, 2023 — Fabrics that resist knife cuts can help prevent injuries and save lives. But a sharp enough knife or a very forceful jab can get through some of these materials. Now, researchers report that carbon ...
Mar. 30, 2023 — Researchers have developed fiber-like pumps that allow high-pressure fluidic circuits to be woven into textiles without an external pump. Soft supportive exoskeletons, thermoregulatory clothing, and ...
Mar. 17, 2023 — Researchers have fabricated the first wearable sensor designed to detect and monitor muscle ...
Mar. 16, 2023 — A research team has developed a crocodile-skin-inspired omnidirectionally stretchable pressure ...
Feb. 21, 2023 — New textiles change shape when they heat up, giving designers a wide range of new options. In addition to offering adjustable aesthetics, responsive smart fabrics could also help monitor people’s ...
Jan. 30, 2023 — Researchers have synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of ...
Jan. 30, 2023 — Researchers are one step closer to making wearable textile technology a reality. Materials scientists have reported a new design of a flexible wearable supercapacitor patch. It uses MXene to create a ...
Jan. 12, 2023 — From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...
Jan. 12, 2023 — A new study demonstrates that electrodes can be made using just screen printing, creating a stretchable, durable circuit pattern that can be transferred to fabric and worn directly on human skin. ...
Jan. 3, 2023 — Researchers have developed a stretchable strain sensor that has an unprecedented combination of sensitivity and range, allowing it to detect even minor changes in strain with greater range of motion ...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
- A Touch-Responsive Fabric Armband -- For Flexible Keyboards, Wearable Sketchpads
- Upcycling Method Turns Textile Trash to Functional Coatings
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Monday, January 30, 2023
- Under Pressure: Breakthrough New Material Solves Problem of Wearable Sensors
- Powering Wearable Technology With MXene Textile Supercapacitor 'patch'
Thursday, January 12, 2023
- Hand Washing Fabrics Reduces Microplastic Release Compared With Machine Washing
- Screen-Printing Method Can Make Wearable Electronics Less Expensive