A team of researchers developed a thermoelectric material that can be used in wearable devices, such as smart clothing, and while maintaining stable thermal energy performance even in extreme ...

Today's ordinary clothing has the untapped power to become tomorrow's wearable electronics. A Canadian lab has tested special fibers that can help make soft, flexible touch screens and batteries woven ...

Battery chemistry actually often relies on fairly squishy materials–something you’ll know if an AA cell has ever leaked on you or you’ve prodded a lithium cell inside a laptop. Yet key parts of ...

Most 3D-printed objects are made out of rigid plastic or resin materials that aren't necessarily ideal for every project. Now, for a limited time online shops like i.materialise are offering designers ...

An international team of engineers, physicists, and chemists have created the first fiber-optic solar cell. These fibers are thinner than human hair, flexible, and yet they produce electricity, just ...

In a bid to develop a new prototype for clothing which communicates with the surroundings, France Telecom has developed an integrated flexible screen to display animated graphics on the wearer.

Construction of the 28,000-square-foot Fabric Discovery Center was funded by $11.3 million in state grants that were awarded to UMass Lowell last year by the Baker administration. Gov. Charlie Baker ...

A self-heating coat, a “wifi-programmable dress” and two garments featuring flexible organic PV films which will enable them to charge electrical devices on the go, form part of a wearable solar ...

Tom Bowen is a senior editor who loves adventure games and RPGs. He's been playing video games for several decades now and writing about them professionally since 2020. Although he dabbles in news and ...