Imagine wearing a T-shirt that monitors your heart rate or socks that track your running stride. This futuristic idea is now ...

Conventional textiles made of woven threads are highly useful materials ... many threads into a cohesive whole. [Sara]’s 3D-printed fabrics are different, since the printer can’t readily ...

The printed fabrics showed excellent electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, gauge factor and stability under repeated strains, and the solution's ability to penetrate and bond with fibers ...

But that’s about to change as flexible electronics are increasingly woven into what are being called “smart fabrics ... intricate as state-of-the-art printed circuit boards.