Textiles
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- Intelligent Textiles, Soft Products
- Technical paper providing an overview of material alternatives and properties available to designers of electronic textiles, and the advantages of incorporating electronic and interactive textiles in human clothing. Authors: André Norstebo. [PDF]
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- Smart Clothes: The MIT Wearable Computing Web Page
- Introduction and resource of technical information to the field of wearable computing, including links to related sites.
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- Smart Clothing
- Assignment outline about the manufacture, structure, properties and applications of Georgia Tech University's "Wearable Motherboard" fabrics for commercial and military sensing and computing clothing and textiles. Author: Jee Park.
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- Soft Computation through Conductive Textiles
- Technical paper outlining various methods for constructing electronic textiles and threads, as well as traditional textile construction methods as sewing, embroidery and appliqué with various conductive and active materials to create interactive fabrics. Authors: Joanna Berzowska and Marguerite Bromley. [PDF]
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- The Basic Problems of Textronics
- Technical paper describing the technological difficulties of integrating textile science, electronics and computer science into the new interdisciplinary branch of science designated as textronics. Authors: Krzisztof Gniotek and Izabela Krucinska. [PDF]
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- sEMG Measuring by Garments
- Technical paper, presenting recent developments of incorporating disposable metallic surface electromyography electrodes (sEMG) into garments for the monitoring and study of muscle activity. Authors: A. Sipila and others. [PDF]
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- ESA - Technology Transfer
- Articles and reports about the influence and technical results of the European Space Agency's Technology Transfer Program, on the development of textiles and garments. [PDF]
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- Engineering the Design Attributes of Woven Interior Textiles Using Shape Memory Polymer
- Technical paper about research conducted into the development of interior textiles with shape memory attributes by engineering shape memory polymer (SMP) into a woven structure, which enables it to easthetically change shape and interact with its users and surroundings. Authors: Yvonne Y.F. Chan and George K. Stylios. [PDF]
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- Relationship Between Cotton Varieties and Moisture Vapor Transport of Knitted Fabrics
- Technical paper, reporting on a study focused on the moisture vapor transport properties (MVTR) of cotton fabrics knitted from 31 different cotton fibers with different pedigrees grown over a three year period in three major cotton growing areas of the US. Authors: Seshadri S. Ramkumar and others. [PDF]
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- Utilisation of Linear Textile Wastes with Use of a Rotary Loom
- Technical paper presenting a novel method of utilising linear textile wastes as direct warps in multi-shed rotary weaving looms to produce apparel quality fabrics and cloth for composite reinforcement applications. Authors: Janusz Szosland and others. [PDF]
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- Velocity Control of Weft Insertion on Air-jet Looms by Fuzzy Logic
- Technical paper presenting a study of the effects of yarn properties on weft yarn velocity along the tube in a fuzzy logic controlled weft insertion system of an air-jet weaving loom. Authors: M. Cengiz Kayacan and others. [PDF]
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- A Brief Social History of Navajo Weaving
- Detailed description of Navajo weaving techniques, probably dating back to the 17th century, and a review of their social and economic history. Links to related sites. From the Collectors' Guide.
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- A Functional Analysis of Northwest Coast Spindle Works
- Master of Arts thesis presenting a descriptive, functional analysis of one hundred historic spindle whorls from the Gulf of Georgia region. Author: Isa Loughran-Delahun [PDF]
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- A Short History of Japanese Textiles
- Short historical narrative focused on Japanese vintage indigo textiles for daily use and peasant clothing made from cotton and hemp, dating from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s. From Japanese Folk Textiles.
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- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Braid Weaving
- Short article on the Viking and Anglo-Saxon narrow fabric tablet weaving equipment and technology.
- 3856
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Textiles
- Concise history of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking crafts of hand yarn spinning, dyeing and cloth weaving. From Regia Anglorum.
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- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Wool and Stuff
- Short article about the excavation of woollen cloth and textiles from Viking Periods in Britain and Scandinavia. From Regia Anglorum.
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- Antique Textile History
- Collection of short articles and abstracts about the history of textile technologies and imaging in Asia and the Middle East. From Textiles as Art.