Recently in China wearable devices have paved the way for disruptive innovation in the market, armed with low prices and new services similar to the comparably mature smartphone market. After the release of smartwatches from the leading companies such…

During my presentation at the November 2014 e-Textile workshop in Nottingham Trent University I mentioned a small mbed development platform "about the size of a (largish) button" that might be interesting for prototyping electronics integration with garment…

As Technologists, we have been inclined to treat the advent of wearable technology as an extension of mobile technology. But arguably wearable devices are as much a collaboration with the fashion industry as they are a new form of mobile technology, and…

Embedding electronics into garments should deliver interesting new textile products. However, at the same time that e-textiles are emerging the new wave of "Internet of Things" (IoT) is finally taking off. It really makes sense for e-textiles products…