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One of the ways researchers are making wearable technology less bogged down by electronic equipment and more user-friendly is by developing fabrics with electrical capability built in.

A research team led by Yingying Zhang, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University in China, has made progress in this area with the development of a one-step 3D-printing technique that prints flexible electronic fibers onto fabrics and textiles.

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Highlights of the event included keynote presentations on Biomimicry and Nonwovens: Taking Great Ideas from Nature and Making Them a Commercial Reality by Marie O’Mahony, Consultant, O’Mahony Consultancy, and The US Economic Outlook by Mark Vitner, Managing Director and Senior Economist, Wells Fargo. Monica Belisito, Brand and Product Strategy Lead, LOLA said that, “The presentations on biomimicry provided concepts we will definitely consider in LOLA’s new processes.”