Sensia Technology's Fabric Speaker transforms actual textiles into sound-emitting surfaces using electrostatic tech, ...

Researchers have developed a new acoustic fabric converts audible sounds into electrical signals. They designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations ...

Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That’s the idea behind a new “acoustic fabric” developed by engineers at MIT and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design. The team has designed ...

Scientists have created a piece of fabric that can hear. It is able to turn a shirt, for instance, into something like a microphone: converting sound into vibrations and electrical signals so they can ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a future where the fabric of your curtains, wallpaper, or even clothing could actively cancel out disruptive outside noises – creating quiet spaces in busy homes, offices, ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a fabric that can “hear” a person’s heartbeat via high-tech fibers. The fabric could also be incorporated into maternity wear to ...

Question: Our house is filled with music lovers. Unfortunately, we do not all love the same kinds of music. Is there a way of decorating that would lower the sound level without the room looking like ...

How piezoelectric fibers can be used for acoustic sensing and audio output. The test arrangements employed to assess performance from different perspectives. The results of some of the tests along ...

Imagine if your clothes could pick up the sounds of everything going on around you. Scientists have created a fabric which can pick up sounds and could be used as a hearing aid, to monitor heartbeats ...