Among the new technical textiles developments highlighted and honoured during the recent Techtextil show in Frankfurt, Germany, the apparel-related development exhibited by San Francisco–based wearable technology startup Switch Embassy won the Techtextil Innovation Award. The startup exhibited a washable LED screen, which can be used for apparel, accessories and home décor. The other innovation which was awarded was 3DWeaver, a 3-D printer capable of producing three-dimensional woven structures developed by London-based designer and engineer Oluwaseyi Sosanya. The Innovation Awards also recognized new developments for industrial and medical applications, such as Swiss interdisciplinary research institute Empa’s embroidered electrode, which can be used to record the electrocardiogram (ECG) of patients with heart and circulatory problems.
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