The Hacker’s Paradise puts the patent for the first moisture wicking fabrics at 1996. [article]
Forbes has an article from 2014 reporting the recent invention of “smart textiles” that “do many things that traditional fabrics cannot, including communicate, transform, conduct energy and even grow.”
This 2017 article from University of Minnesota describes some of the latest in color-changing fabrics technology.
Science Daily has an article from 2019Feb about the invention of a fabric that dynamically regulates temperature.
Red Heart Heat Wave Yarn is a gentle solar heater that I understand to be based on the 2019Feb technology above.
Per Wikipedia, Polar Fleece was invented in 1979.
The Hacker’s Paradise puts the patent for the first moisture wicking fabrics at 1996. [article]
Forbes has an article from 2014 reporting the recent invention of “smart textiles” that “do many things that traditional fabrics cannot, including communicate, transform, conduct energy and even grow.”
This 2017 article from University of Minnesota describes some of the latest in color-changing fabrics technology.
Science Daily has an article from 2019Feb about the invention of a fabric that dynamically regulates temperature.
Red Heart Heat Wave Yarn is a gentle solar heater that I understand to be based on the 2019Feb technology above.