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July 22, 2017 
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From advancements in innovative fibers/yarns to carbon composites, basalt fabrics, and sustainable laser finishing technologies for fashion jeans. The combined Techtextile North America, Texprocess Americas, and JEC show included these and other new developments targeted toward a broad range of end-use markets. Based on the reactions from attendees and exhibitors in Atlanta on May 3rd through 5th, the 13th edition of this show provided a strong vision of U.S. textile industry.
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iNDUSTRIAL FABRICS Does the Future of Wearable Devices Hinge on Flexible Semiconductors? Researchers from the US, Japan, and South Korea have developed a new semiconductor material which breaks the mold by not utilizing covalent bonds between semiconducting materials. Why is such an invention important and how can this help with the future of wearable electronics?. Read More.
INDUSTRIAL FABRICS Drones weave moth-inspired pavilion from carbon fiber threads. The buildings of the future could be built with the help of drones. The unmanned aerial vehicles were put to the test in the University of Stuttgart's latest robotically constructed pavilion.Read More.
| NASA prints up complex metallic "space fabric"
NASA is getting into the textile business thanks to a team led by systems engineer Raul Polit Casillas at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The team has unveiled prototype swatches of a new metallic "space fabric" created using 3D printing that incorporates advanced functions that would be beneficial for use in space.
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| China helping to revive South Carolina's textile industry
South Carolina, once a center of the American textile industry, has seen the business rebound through an influx of Chinese companies.
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| MIT researchers developed a 3D-printed, self-ventilating workout suit
The new suit is innovative; breathable; has ventilating flaps, ranging from thumbnail- to finger-sized, that contain viable microbial cells which shrink and expand in response to changes in humidity.
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| A collaborative bioengineering carbon fiber composite study
Lamborghini is collaborating with Houston Methodist Research Institute, to share its expertise in the study of carbon fiber composite materials.
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| BuzziPleat: Sculptural, Sound Absorbing Forms by 13&9 Design
BuzziPleat is the latest sound absorbing option added to the BuzziSpace catalog of smart, modern acoustic solutions. The lightweight, large-scale forms are sculptural in nature thanks to the hand pleated layers of sound-absorbing BuzziFelt.
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