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Electricity-Generating Yarn Makes Wearable Circuits as Simple and Cheap as Embroidery

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Dec 2, 2022

What’s behind Under Armour’s new million-dollar partnership with NC State

The Business Journals
Under Armour has partnered with the Wilson College of Textiles to support student development and advance textile and material innovations. A new innovation center on campus will enable collaboration on research, testing of performance fabrics and exploration of sustainable solutions. 

Dec 1, 2022

Under Armour will invest $1 million in textile research at NC State University

The Baltimore Sun
Under Armour has opened an innovation center in collaboration with the Wilson College of Textiles as a space for Under Armour employees to work alongside university researchers. The partnership will support student development and advance textile and materials innovation. 

Nov 30, 2022

Embroidery for making wearable electronics

Today's Medical Developments
Researchers at the Wilson College of Textiles consider a technique that offers a low-cost, scalable potential method for making wearable devices. 

Nov 30, 2022

Wearable electronics benefit from a bit of embroidery

Materials Today
Wilson College researchers discover simpler alternative to power-generating textiles. 

Nov 27, 2022

Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity

protothema
Researchers at the NC State Wilson College of Textiles have devised a simple method of embroidering electrical generators onto regular fabric that is scalable for commercial use. 

Nov 26, 2022

New technique allows embroidering power-generating yarns onto fabric

Inceptive Mind
Assistant Professor Rong Yin leads research on electricity-producing fabric patches. 

Nov 25, 2022

Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity

Quick Telecast
Wilson College of Textiles research shows how embroidering yarns to fabric can create electrical charges. 

Nov 24, 2022

Embroidered patches allow existing fabrics to generate electricity

New Atlas
Wilson College of Textiles researchers develop a method for embroidering electrical generators to fabric. 

Nov 23, 2022

Embroidery as Low-Cost Solution for Making Wearable Electronics

WNC Times
Researchers at the NC State Wilson College of Textiles have developed a potentially low-cost, scalable way to create wearable technology. 

Nov 22, 2022

Electricity-Generating Yarn Makes Wearable Circuits as Simple and Cheap as Embroidery

hackster.io
Researchers at the Wilson College of Textiles have detailed a low-cost and scalable approach to developing self-powered wearable electronics.