textiles

 

This wearable fabric microphone can listen to the world—and your body

By Shi En Kim

 /  Mar 16, 2022

 

Does renting your clothes reduce fashion waste?

By Carla Delgado

 /  Mar 3, 2022

 

Women In The Middle Ages Dressed Better Than Men

By Grennan Milliken

 /  May 5, 2016

 

Leather doesn’t have to come from animals

By Sara Chodosh

 /  Jun 27, 2019

 

Here’s why gym clothes smell so rank—and how to freshen them up

By Jessica Boddy

 /  Jan 29, 2019

 

Web Wear: A New Coat Is Made From Biotech Spider Silk

By Daniel Grushkin

 /  Nov 9, 2015

 

New Smart Material Will Form Instant Casts For Accident Victims

By Emily Elert

 /  Mar 6, 2013

 

This textile’s twitching tendrils hint at a future of programmable materials

By Eleanor Cummins

 /  Jul 20, 2018

 

The Sounds of Science

By Anna Maria Jakubek

 /  May 13, 2009

 

Google and Levi’s Made A Smart Jean Jacket

By Dave Gershgorn

 /  May 20, 2016

 

Super Nano-Waterproof Coating Actively Shrugs Off Water, Grease and Would-Be Stains

By Rebecca Boyle

 /  Apr 25, 2012

 

Modified Cotton Cleans Itself When Exposed to Sunlight

By Rebecca Boyle

 /  Dec 15, 2011

 

Light-Up Fabric Could Make Glowing Clothing An Everyday Reality

By Nsikan Akpan

 /  Mar 23, 2015

 

NASA Commissions a Laundry Machine for the International Space Station

By Clay Dillow

 /  Nov 30, 2011

 

Scrunchable Antenna Sewn Into Life Vests Could Help Rescuers Find the Lost

By Rebecca Boyle

 /  Oct 1, 2011

 

Researchers Weave Wearable Memory Out of Copper

By Julie Beck

 /  Sep 26, 2011