Monthly Archives: January 2014

Fully functioning electronic textile after machine washing

The picture shows that the electronic textile produced by Anura Rathnayake continues to function after repeated machine washes. Anura uses light emitting diodes to act as a demonstrator but the inclusion of other semi-conductor chips is certain to lead to … Continue reading

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Washable electronic textiles

Anura Rathnayake of the Advanced Textiles Research Group has been conducting further wash trials on our textiles with fully integrated electronics. Full electrical functionality is retained even after repeated machine wash cycles. This is achieved by encapsulating the semi-conductor chips … Continue reading

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Electronic Textile Cushion

The following link to a short video (no sound) shows an electronic textile cushion recently produced by Ioannis Anastasopoulos of the Advanced Textiles Research Group. The LED chips and interconnects are not behind the covering fabric but have been fully … Continue reading

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