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 ...

Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART) and Goodwill have announced a partnership with the 2026 Textile Recovery Summit, taking place Feb. 23–25 in San Diego, Calif. For the first time, the ...

Smart textiles are changing the way people interact with their environment, blending electronics seamlessly into everyday ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Conductive Materials For Smart Textiles - Now And The Future" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. Wearable technology, particularly smart textiles, ...

The smart textiles market will be worth $5.56 billion by 2030, according to new research from advisory firm MarketsandMarkets. In 2025, the projected market size for smart textiles stands at $2.41 ...

A research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in smart materials, successfully developing soft magnetorheological textiles that can flexibly ...

The research team has developed several innovative fabric materials using these novel fibres that offer unique directionally controllable responses. Credit: PolyU. PolyU explains its research has ...

The desktop biofiber spinning machine, like a 3D printer, enables prototyping and experimenting with bio-based fibers. The fibers can be tuned with different properties and then spun to create yarns.

PORTLAND, Ore. and TAIPEI, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahead of its participation at the upcoming Functional Fabric Fair (FFF) 2025 in Portland, Oregon (Booth #135, November 11-13), Makalot ...

Scientists have built next-generation smart textiles that include LEDs, energy harvesting, sensors, and storage and can be made cheaply, in any form or size, using the same machines that make the ...