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.

Indian hand-woven fabrics have been known since time immemorial ... few actual fabrics of the early dyed or printed cottons have survived. Yuan Chwang, the Chinese traveller to India (629-45 ...