Building electronics requires a clean and controlled environment. Building clothes is a messy business. Creating a workflow that accommodates both is one of the trickier parts of Google's Project Jacquard, and the connectivity and sensor maker TE Connectivity says it played a part in that. They're not sharing a ton of details, but TE says they collaborated with Google to … [Read more...]
DuPont Introduces Stretchable Conductive Ink for Wearables
We write a lot about finished products -- and others that are not-so-finished -- because news about actual underlying technologies are both rarer and harder to explain. But a division of DuPont is starting to talk publicly about inks that are both stretchable and conductive, and usable in clothing. The PE872 stretchable conductor (and what a catchy name that is) can … [Read more...]
Must-Read: The Economist Writes About Conductive Fabrics
There are lots of challenges to building electronics into clothing, but perhaps chief among them is the problem of getting durable wiring onto (or into) fabrics. The Economist has an excellent article about who's doing what to solve that problem; it's a rare must-read and must-clip if this is a problem that's important to you. In fairness, the article may be a little ahead … [Read more...]