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Report: Smart textile materials market to grow by a cool 2 billion US dollars by 2030

The market for smart textile materials is poised for growth - estimated to be worth 3.59 billion US dollars (about 3.11 billion euros) in 2023, it is expected to grow by 56 percent to 5.59 billion US dollars (about 4.11 billion euros) by 2030, expecting an annual growth rate of 6.4 percent. This is what a new report by market research company...

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Smart textiles: New breathable fabric generates electricity from body movement

Wearable tech is making leaps beyond accessories such as smart watches and glasses and could soon be in the very textiles of our clothes. In a recent study published in Nano Energy, researchers from the University of Fukui in Japan and Nanjing University in China have developed electrospun fibers called EF-TENGs, that can easily be integrated...