This smart knitted fabric can flip switches, count your steps, and even change shape

Harvard researchers created programmable knitted fabric that changes shape, acts as electronic switches, and could power the ...
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This smart knitted fabric can count your steps, turn on lights, and change shape

Knitted fabrics are usually associated with warm sweaters, scarves, and blankets. But researchers at the Harvard John A.
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Smart Knitted Fabrics Transform Wearables With Programmable Mechanical Switching

To understand the behaviour of the materials, the researchers combined horizontal and vertical stripe patterns to control the ...
Phys.org

3D printing method creates color-changing materials for smart textiles

In a leap forward for materials science, a multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a pioneering method of 3D printing cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers (CLCEs), enabling complex, ...
Nanowerk

Researchers unveil game-changing light-fueled shape-shifting and shape-fixing smart materials

These novel materials can change, fix, and retain their shape reversibly by using magnetic fields and ultraviolet light. (Nanowerk News) Magnetic micropillar arrays consist of tiny, vertical ...
Science Daily

Scientists create smart synthetic skin that can hide images and change shape

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change appearance, texture, and shape on command. The material is programmed using a ...
Nanowerk

First recyclable smart textile fibers retain their shape-shifting power after being melted and remade

Smart textiles from liquid crystal elastomer fibers can now be melted down and reknitted with nearly identical shape-shifting performance. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Smart textiles built from liquid crystal ...