Kategorie: Fashion
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Elastic Inks for Textile-Integrated Electronics
Electrically conductive prints on textiles are the basis for functional textiles with electronic functions, so-called smart textiles. Conductive inks and binders must be well matched to ensure permanent conductivity even under external mechanical influences such as stretching, pressure and bending. The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) are working on new ink formulations…
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Intelligent wearable Precise health measurements directly on the ear
Wearables such as smartwatches, fitness trackers and data glasses are now part of everyday life. They can measure health data, sleep or calorie consumption. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed the open source platform ‘OpenEarable’. This platform integrates a large number of sensors into wireless earphones. The aim is to…
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Hannover Messe Smart textiles and surfaces – how a lightweight film brings technology to life
Clothes transmit virtual touches to the skin, displays confirm inputs emphatically, even loudspeakers are becoming ultra-light: the thin silicone film that makes all this possible moves as desired, vibrates, taps, pushes or pulls. All with electrical voltage. The research teams of Professors Stefan Seelecke, Paul Motzki (Saarland University) and John Heppe (htw saar) will be…
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Germany’s Next Topmodel und der Einfluss auf Körperbild und Essstörungen Studie der Uni Osnabrück zeigt Zusammenhang
Die Model-Casting-Show „Germany’s Next Topmodel” steht seit Jahren in der Kritik, ein einseitiges und unrealistisches Schönheitsideal zu vermitteln. Eine aktuelle Studie der Universität Osnabrück hat nun erstmals aus psychologischer Perspektive untersucht, welchen Einfluss das Ansehen der Sendung auf Frauen mit und ohne bestehende Essstörung hat. Die Untersuchung wurde in der Fachzeitschrift European Eating Disorders Review…
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Fashion under the sign of smart and sexy
Intellect & sex, a matter of time before the two become fashionable together. In the spirit of artificial intelligence, technology acts as a mirror to show how intelligent people are.Alongside this is the acceptance of sexual freedom, everyone is allowed to love when and what they want, but first and foremost is the freedom of…
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Touchless tech Control fabrics with a wave of your finger
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University (UK), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy) has 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, as they report in the journal…