We are currently in the middle of a biotechnological revolution that are transforming many industries including fashion. Enzymes are used routinely to wash and finish textiles to give them dirt …
Top Five Materials: June 2022
MC 701702 MEBA BIORESINE® from MEBA S.A.S. This material is a bio-based thermo-setting resin derived from agricultural waste that offers exceptional quality and design flexibility for premium …
Interactive Packaging Technology: Transforming the Ordinary with Smart Connected Packaging
Dr. Andrew Dent is in conversation with Raghav Narsalay and Anita Etrati of Accenture to discuss smart, connected packaging. Read the article from the research by Sef Tuma, Raghav Narsalay, …
Eye On: E-commerce Packaging
The exponential growth in the e-commerce market and the constant evolution of customer expectations in today's digital world has increased the pressure on brand owners to stand out while considering …
Interactive Packaging
Interactive packaging is an approach to and form of packaging that connects the user and the product via an interactive technology. Specifically, the term is more so used to describe tailored, …
Haptics
When we touch and feel something, that material’s tactile properties may present an experience or insight that we would’ve never expected by just looking at, smelling, listening to, or tasting it. …
Eye On: CES 2022
CES 2022, the first hybrid event was anything but normal. It was messy so is the innovation as put eloquently by Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of CTA. Disruption is the new norm. While in person …
Technical Textiles
Technical textiles are different from conventional textiles, in that their primary end-use goal is functional in nature, rather than aesthetic or tactile. Whereas conventional textiles are typically …
Material Profile: AMO Touch Sensor
MC 1111202 / AMO Touch Sensor from Amosense These flexible, stretchable, touch-sensitive sensors are designed by Amosense for consumer electronics, medical devices and healthcare and home …
Tech Forecast: Materials and Technology Trends with IDTechEx
A key element when talking about consumer electronics is the relationship between electronic circuitry and the materials they need to interact with. Are materials keeping up with the rapid evolution …
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Materials in Robotics and Automation
For this seminar, I wanted to talk to you about materials for robotics and automation. As we move into what people are calling the 4th Industrial Revolution. There's going to be an awful lot of …
E-Textiles
An e-textile, or electronic textile, is a fabric that has or enables the use of embedded electronic components. Namely, an e-textile leverages electrical conductivity to act as live electrical circuit …
