Author Archives: Nottingham Trent University

A four-year Functional Electronic Textiles research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council was successfully completed recently. The project involved creation of a semi-automated production line to embed semi-conductor devices within yarn. As a result, the Advanced Textiles … Continue reading →

The Advanced Textiles Research Group exhibited at Loughborough University’s Intersections conference at their London campus on 13th September 2017. The conference was organised by the Textile Design Research Group at Loughborough University with the aim of ‘exploring collaborations in textile … Continue reading →

TechXLR8 at London’s Excel centre this week showed the range of developments that are happening in technology that can link to the internet of things. Companies working on hardware, software, plus augmented and virtual reality were there. The Advanced Textiles … Continue reading →

Carnivals are being celebrated this year in the Advanced Textiles Research Group. A project is underway to make a carnival costume that incorporates electronic yarn. The yarn will contain tiny light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and will be able to bend and … Continue reading →

Vibration sensors have been fitted into gloves in an Advanced Textiles Research Group Project run by Dr Theodore Hughes-Riley and Professor Tilak Dias. The gloves can alert wearers to excessive levels of vibration that could lead to health problems. More … Continue reading →

Widespread takeup of new technologies can be achieved by making the new technology appeal to consumers. This applies to electronic textiles and to solar cells, which can be incorporated into decorative glazing with some careful design. An article about Dorothy Hardy’s … Continue reading →

The Advanced Textiles Research Group’s development of heated textiles has led to an award-winning collaboration with H Stoll AG & Co. KG: experts in development of knitting technology. Heated mesh within a balaclava warms air to make breathing easier for athletes … Continue reading →

Professor Clemens Thornquist was the guest presenter at Nottingham Trent University’s CADBE conference yesterday. His ideas about the challenges to onward movement in design gave some innovative possibilities that could be used in development of electronic textiles. He showed new … Continue reading →

    Ania Sadkowska’s beautifully-crafted clothing explores the intersection of sociology, psychology and art and design practices. Her recent work: Fashioning Age: A phenomenological exploration of older men’s experience of fashion and clothing, shows how ordinary clothing can be transformed … Continue reading →

Dark, square solar cells can look good in windows, but it took some research to find out how to make these materials that generate electricity fit into colourful, decorative glazing. Stained glass and other types of ornamental glazing brighten up … Continue reading →