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Hospitals are meant to heal people, but there’s an increasing risk of patients picking up a superbug or two during their stay. Scientists have now developed long-lasting antimicrobial coatings for textiles that could allow things like hospital curtains… Continue reading Antimicrobial textile coating makes superbug-squashing hospital curtains
So-called “bonded leather” is really just leather fibers mixed with eco-unfriendly polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride. reProLeather, on the other hand, converts leather waste into what is claimed to be a recyclable, biodegradable, new-leather-like mate… Continue reading reProLeather recycling tech could bring new, green life to old leather
Is your scarf really made from cashmere? Is that necktie truly silk? Such questions may soon have an easy answer via a pass with your cell phone’s camera thanks to a tiny near-infrared spectroscopy system developed by researchers in Germany.Continue Re… Continue reading Is it really 100% cotton? Smartphone-sized device can analyze fabrics
Researchers have developed a way of recycling one of the most popular but environmentally problematic of fabrics: polyester. Their new method is simple, non-toxic for humans and the environment and, what’s more, it preserves the integrity of the cotton… Continue reading A simple process solves the problem of polyester recycling
Last week, we noted an attempt to fix a hardware problem with software, which backfired pretty dramatically for Ford when they tried to counter the tendency for driveshafts to fall …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 16, 2023
On today’s episode of “What If?” — what if the Apollo 13 astronauts had a 3D printer? Well, for one thing, they may have been able to avoid all the …read more Continue reading These 3D Printed Biocatalytic Fibers Scrub Carbon Dioxide
Frequently, when looking for answers to human problems, scientists turn to animals who have already evolved their own solutions. So when it came time to develop a heat-trapping fabric, a team of researchers looked to polar bears, whose outer layers all… Continue reading Polar bear’s light-funneling fur key to new super-warm textile
While there are already garments which cool or warm their wearer via circulating liquids, those garments tend to be equipped with cumbersome, noisy pumps. An experimental new system, on the other hand, uses interwoven tubular fibers as pumps.Continue R… Continue reading Clothing with interwoven “fiber pumps” could warm or cool wearers
For hackers in the Northern Hemisphere, the seasons of wet and cold are upon us. Staying dry is every bit as important as staying warm, so what better than a …read more Continue reading Hardware Store Chemicals Transform Sheets into Waterproof Tarps
Scientists have announced an interesting new means of removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas emissions, which would create a usable substance. It’s a sheet of treated cotton, which converts CO2 gas into bicarbonate.Continue ReadingCategory: Enviro… Continue reading Fabric-based filter converts flue gas CO2 into bicarbonate