Introducing the Astronaut Clothing of the Future
07/05/2015
For years, the standard on the International Space Station has been cargo shorts and T-shirts, but that’s about to change.
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SXSW: Introducing Smart Textiles
03/15/2015
The next hot wearable might be the one no one knows you’re wearing. Experts predict a wave of smart fabrics and e-textiles that do what FitBits and Apple Watches do now, just with more subtlety.
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Tech Specs: Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Director of Pratt’s IMARI Lab
03/12/2015
The founder of Pratt Institute’s research facility for materials and technology talks hardware, software, favorite Apps, hacks, coveted devices and emerging technologies...
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‘Back to the Future’s’ self-drying coat? Not yet.
02/12/2015
The fabric of tomorrow is smart. The self-drying jacket may not exist now, but a shirt that can think or even give a charge to your mobile device does...
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Exhibition Explores Fashion’s 3-D Frontier
02/12/2015
A shirt that can tell you how you feel? Or one that can tell you how your favorite athlete feels? It’s happening today as technology drives brand innovation...
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Michelle Obama and fashion designers show students the grit behind the glamour
10/08/2014
Pailes-Friedman and her team join First Lady Michelle Obama and fashion icons including Jason Wu, Tracy Reese, Narciso Rodriguez, Diane von Furstenberg, Thom Browne, Reed Krakoff and Prabal Gurung.
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Fashion meets renewable energy – clothes that charge your smartphone
08/04/2014
From fibers that convert sunlight into electrical energy, to uploading your kinetic energy to a green energy bank, the worlds of fashion and technology are merging . . . ask Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman.
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What Is The Future Of Fabric? These Smart Textiles Will Blow Your Mind
05/07/2014
Tasked with creating wearable technology for astronauts aboard the International Space Station, student teams designed products to control interior lighting, locate objects in storage and more...
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