Tag: e-textiles

EU project launches €2.4m competition to create ethical and sustainable wearable technologies and smart textiles

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A wearable technology project is offering up to €2.4 million in funding for teams of creatives and technologists to develop the next generation of sustainable wearables and e-textile ideas. WEAR Sustain[i], a collaboration between seven organisations[ii] across Europe, launched the first of its two competition call-outs on April 1. The program is seeking applications from Read more about EU project launches €2.4m competition to create ethical and sustainable wearable technologies and smart textiles[…]

Will conductive inks help wearables go truly wearable?

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The first generation of wearable devices are constructed using mature, rigid technologies put inside a new box that can be worn. These are often bulky devices that are not truly wearable in the sense that our clothes are. This is, however, beginning to change, albeit slowly. New conformed, clothing-based components are emerging. Further announcements last Read more about Will conductive inks help wearables go truly wearable?[…]