If you are thinking about applying for the second WEAR Sustain Open Call – taking place in autumn – there are a lot of interesting developments being announced at the moment that might inspire your proposal.
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Wearables
- Semi-precious: The best smart jewelry (Wareable)
- The UNSEEN Blends Science Into Materials to Create a T-shirt that Can Read Pollution (FashNerd)
- Sports wearables you didn’t know existed: Squash, surfing, rock climbing & more (Wareable)
- New Snapchat Spectacles Could Include AR (International Business Times)
- These Are the Best Selling Wearables So Far in 2017 (Motley Fool)
- Wearable sales to double by 2021, says IDC (ReadWrite)
- From braille to Be My Eyes – there’s a revolution happening in tech for the blind (The Guardian)
Textiles
- Google’s Project Jacquard: How “Seamless” Smartwear Will Help Wearable Tech Adoption – (The Digital Circuit)
- The adidas Future Team on FORGEFIBER Technology and Designing Personalized Footwear (Core77)
- Why the future of smart clothing is all about feeling (Wareable)
Conferences & Events
- E-Textile Workshops, Courses, Camps, Festivals… 2017 (Kobakant)
Manufacturing
- Panasonic Shows Off a Bendable Lithium-ion Battery for IoT, Wearables (IEEE)
- Stretchy Smart Skin Circuits That Can Offer Tactile Feedback (FashNerd)
- Thermoelectric Harvester Could Power Wearables (The Engineer)
- Radio powered by your own sweat hints at future of wearables (New Scientist)