A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers have developed a method that converts cotton ...
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Snapping knits turn fabric into switches that count steps and light LEDs
Knitting has come a long way from sweaters and blankets. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...
Transforming African textiles into heirloom dolls is a creative way to celebrate cultural heritage while promoting ...
Using recycled fabric, you can create these beautiful quilts while also promoting sustainability. Not only does this practice ...
"Bast fibers were used for thousands of years to make rope, thread, and in turn also yarn and cloth," says Bender Jørgensen. A fiber sample from a basket turned out to be made of grass, but several of ...
Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...
SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2012 – A lot of people were skeptical when two young California-based researchers set out more than a decade ago to create a completely human-derived alternative to the synthetic ...
Cotton accounts for one third of fiber consumption in the textile industry, according to a 2013 global apparel fiber consumption report. However, the crop’s production requires intense labor and uses ...
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