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Textiles Several of the technologies used in the design and manufacture of modern textiles and garments come from materials and systems first developed for applications in space.
Through cooperation with space experts, the textile industry has become aware of innovative materials and methods which can be successfully employed in the creation and production of fabrics and yarns. For example, sensors and communication devices to measure body functions can be embedded in clothing to give a greater degree of comfort, convenience and security.
Materials emanating from space use can be used to make lightweight sports and sailing clothing that give greater protection against extreme cold or heat, and wind and water. Cameras used in space can be used to monitor cloth coming off the loom for flaws. | | | | | | | | | | Space ‘eye’ for textiles
An artificial eye developed for Earth observation is now being employed to recognise colour variations in dyed fabrics: a critical element of textile production. This could significantly reduce the 160 million metres of dyed fabrics discarded annually in Europe with high environmental costs.
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| | | | | | | | | | StarTiger to roar in Finland
ESA is hoping to repeat the success of its first StarTiger project. This time the venue will be Tampere University of Technology in Finland, where the StarTiger2 project hopes to come up with ideas for ‘intelligent’ clothing for astronauts, capable of checking their health while they work.
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| | | | | | | | | | i-WEAR Fashion Show in Paris
ESA PR 72-2003. The "i-WEAR" Fashion Show will present the latest developments in intelligent clothing to European consumers in three major cities: Paris, Barcelona and Berlin.
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A new type of baby pyjamas, developed by a Belgian company and the University of Brussels (ULB), could help in preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), commonly known as cot death.
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| | | | | | | | | | Space-tech - a European future
Hope and visions, technology and innovation, life and its future, all themes which drive the success of the European Space Agency's Technology Transfer Programme. 2001 was a great year for this initiative as 18 new innovative uses of space technology were identified.
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| | | | | | | | | | Space tech and textiles
Earlier this month ESA’s Technology Transfer Network met with 72 representatives of 53 European and Canadian textile companies in Lille, France. The idea - to brainstorm how technology developed for space could improve textiles, fibre products, clothes and textile manufacturing equipment.
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