Scientist Kazuaki Yazawa has developed thermoelectric semiconductor strings that could be woven into fabric or other surfaces to generate heat, and convert that energy into electrical power. This new generator takes heat from any type of complex...
Steve Cole of Xerium Technologies discusses the industry. Xerium is the only supplier offering total solutions for fabrics, belts, roll covers, spreader rolls and intelligent nip monitoring.
A fabric that can store data without any electronics or batteries has been developed by researchers at the University of Washington. Due to magnetic properties of a conductive thread, data is stored in the fabric, which acts as a hard disk. The...