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 ...

Wearable tech is extending far beyond Apple Watches and FitBits. Reimagining pants, T-shirts and jackets as having multiple purposes, scientists have invented an "acoustic fabric" that can detect and ...

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 ...

Researchers at MIT partnered with the Rhode Island School of Design to create a fabric that can hear. While this may seem odd or even invasive, it has remarkable implications across many fields, ...

Researchers developed a silk fabric, which is barely thicker than a human hair, that can suppress unwanted noise and reduce noise transmission in a large room. We are living in a very noisy world.

(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, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Electronic displays surround us in rigid forms - from phone screens to televisions - but creating displays that can stretch and conform while maintaining brightness and ...

One day, you may be able to turn up the volume with your jacket and tune out background noise with your pants. Monisha Ravisetti was a science writer at CNET. She covered climate change, space rockets ...