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September 26, 2018 
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TRENDS Take a look at some of the great innovations
from the 2018 Outdoor Retailer
Summer Market July 23-26 in Denver featured in the FabricLink Network's Innovation Watch. Read More.
eTextilesCommunications - Leaders in the Textile & Apparel Industry supply chain look back at 2017 and share generally optimistic expectations for 2018.
Textile Exchange - Launches new micro site (aboutbiosynthetics.org) to demystify biosynthetics. In the future our clothes could be made from sugars, biomass and plant oils.
THE CUTTING EDGE - Innovative Fabric Developments for a New Outdoor Consumer- Driven by the 80 million Millennial consumers, along with the younger Gen-Z generation, born in the mid-90s and expected to reach 84.7 million by 2020, today's primary shopper groups have a See now—wear now buying attitude.
What's New in Comfort Activewear? A Lot! - Comfort remains one of the most important qualities for today's consumers. Feeling comfortable can also make the wearer feel more confident and lead to better performance.
Sympatex Introduces New Fabrics
Sympatex Fully Recyclable Polyester Membrane
Sorona Announces a Full Soution for Outer Shell
New Du Pont Sorona Insulation with an Even Better Environmental Footprint
eVent Lightweight Breathable Membranes for Footwear
drirelease Introduces Geo cool Active Technology for Polyester Fabric
Downlite's Sustainable Practices
Downlite Sustainable Insulations for the Outerwear Market
| Giant space blanket serves a communal purpose
The lightweight material will naturally change its shape on the wind-swept terrain, and as people gather under it, and then leave its protection.
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| Solar supercapacitor could power future of wearable sensors
The new supercapacitor uses layers of flexible, 3-dimensional porous foam formed from graphene and silver, capable of storing and releasing around three times more power than any similar flexible supercapacitor.
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| 3D Printed Mycelium Shoe is Striking and Might Even Be Wearable
The silvery platform heels, despite their intimidating appearance, are designed for comfort – as much comfort as towering, shark fin-shaped heels can offer, anyway.
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| The Foldable Dress for the Minimal Traveler
The art of origami has been brought to fabric, to make outfits and clothes foldable so they occupy a small fraction of the space they would if opened out.
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| Twinery Challenges inventors to integrate intelligence into fabrics
The Twinery Open Challenge is open to individual inventors, startups, established companies, academic teams and others who have product concepts from any industry that can be applied in the soft goods and fabric sector.
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| IIT Madras develops biodegradable, super-absorbent polymer
The new polymer’s water absorption capacity was about eight times compared to super-absorbing polymers used in commercial diapers. The team is working on similar biodegradable polymers as a substitute for polyurethane, polystyrene packaging materials.
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