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2018-06-01
It’s a dangerous world out there—but there are also new technologies being used to create increasingly strong and resistant textiles that protect users from those hazards. Firefighters, soldiers, law enforcement officials, manual laborers, and power-tool users are finding garments more and more...
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2019-04-01
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing for long-duration, deep space exploration on the Orion spacecraft—and the textile industry is aiding the agency in the research and development of innovative materials to make this mission possible. These new fabrics may...
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2018-02-01
What if your shirt could keep you warm when it is cold outside, and cool you down as soon as you enter a heated building? What if your trousers could look like a regular pair on an average day, but automatically transform into puffy outdoor gear when you go to a colder climate? What if all you...
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2020-12-01
As an industry, we’ve barely gotten our feet wet with Textile Industry 4.0, and now Textile Industry 5.0 is on the horizon! According to experts at Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), the development of functional fiber computing solutions will likely be the basis for moving us into...
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2017-06-01
This article is the second in a series of review articles focused on apparel and textiles for intravehicular activity (IVA) in space-based habitats and during longduration space flight (LDSF), such as a planned Mars mission. The focus of this article is on the ability of IVA textiles to protect...
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1981
Snow samples were collected in the Athabasca Oil Sands region of northeastern Alberta in mid-January and late February 1981. The snow depth was measured and snow cores were taken at .60 sites around the oil sands plants. Snow sample collectors were set out at six of the sites in mid-January and...
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2017-08-01
Ever since Levi Strauss put the first jeans on the market in 1873, denim seems like it has never left us. The fashion trends in jeans and jackets have come and gone (and come back again), but denim itself has always persisted, that classic blue textile epitomizing American cool. Everyone’s got...