We might hear energetic people saying, "I am fully charged". How about if our costume is also charged? This is one more wonder resulting from the advancements in technical textiles. Researchers from the University of Stanford have used the carbon nanotube ink which turns ordinary fabrics into wearable batteries. Innovations of wearable electronics have made fabrics that can act as batteries...

Biological and chemical warfare is a constant threat to the world. So the Chemical and biological (CB) protective clothing has been advanced over the years to provide protection to the war fighters facing the treats of CB warfare agents. This threat remains an active concern because of relative ease with which such weapons can be acquired...

Recent news from China is worth watching and will be helpful for framing policies to support the growth of technical textiles sector in India. This week, China reported that in 2009 its GDP grew by 8.7% from its previous year. Strikingly its fourth quarter growth in 2009 has been 10.7%. The year-on-year growth in 2009 for India has been...

Technical textiles are high performance textiles that require special functionality. The market of technical textiles is significant and expanding as the products are being put to an ever-increasing number of end uses in various industries such as...

All over the world technical textiles are gaining more relevance. They can be applied in new innovative processes and replace familiar materials and can be bonded with new materials for new combinations. They are a good deal more flexible, stronger and resilient and environmentally friendly-in their manufacture as well as in their processing and application....

The fourth edition of 'Texcellence '09', a conference focused on textile and allied sector was hosted in Ahmedabad between November 13th -14th at the premises of the Ahmedabad Management Association, which was attended by a host of dignitaries from the government as well as the private sector....