March 27 (UPI) --To make wearable electronics, one group of researchers in China has developed a 3D printer that deposits electronic fibers onto fabrics. Most current methods for the production of ...

Conventional textiles made of woven threads are highly useful materials. [Sara Alvarez] has had some success creating fabric-like materials through 3D printing, and though they’re not identical, they ...

Italian casual-wear brand Napapijri is using digital knitting – which transforms 3D digital designs into knitting patterns – to create clothes with high-performance properties while reducing material ...

A University of Rhode Island textiles professor is working with 3D printing technology to create symbols on clothing to help visually impaired and neurodivergent shoppers When University of Rhode ...

3D printers usually work by extruding long strings of molten plastic onto a surface. When MIT Media Lab researchers spotted a broken printer squirting out plastic erratically, they had an idea: By ...

On the tide of growing awareness that modern industries and lifestyles wreak havoc on the environment, the fashion industry has copped a tsunami of criticism for being one of the biggest culprits. Now ...