Computational technology has been integral to the information, communication and entertainment industries for decades, and, increasingly, computers operate our homes and cars. While technology touches ...

Textiles have been getting smarter for years, but they’re usually fairly limited in size and scope. Now a team of scientists led by Cambridge has woven together a 46-inch textile display, loaded with ...

I recently had the pleasure of meeting with Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, an adjunct associate professor at Pratt Institute as well as an author and researcher on smart textiles and wearable technologies.

The fabric of the future won't be just plain chiffon, silk or cotton. Instead electroluminescent material, microprocessors and LEDs may be woven together with clothing fibers to create smart textiles.

It's not the first time that I'm writing about smart textiles -- check here or there for previous stories. But today, let's look at the work of Lena Berglin, a Swedish PhD student who is creating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health tech, women's health and female entrepreneurship. The latest IDTechEx report predicts that the smart textiles ...

Technology is everywhere these days — from 5G humming through the air and smartphones seemingly surgically attached to our hands. While it’s no robotic hand, new research has found a way to bring ...

Garments that can measure a wearer's body temperature or trace their heart activity are just entering the market, and a new project weaves new functions into smart textiles. Miniaturized biosensors in ...

Researchers have for the first time, developed a smart textile from carbon nanotube and spandex fibers that can both sense and move in response to a stimulus like a muscle or joint. Researchers have ...

Long-term pain is perhaps the single most important factor that reduces quality of life for older people. New technology based on therapeutic smart textiles can make it easier to manage pain. The idea ...

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...