Cardiovascular diseases have been among the leading causes of death worldwide for decades, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). An innovation that could extend patients’ lives has now been honored at Techtextil. Ronny Eckert Read more...
The Paralympics are currently taking place in Beijing. Numerous athletes are once again hunting for medals there with high-tech prostheses made of fibers. Ilke Wyludda is also interested in the textile helpers. The Olympic champion has already taken part in the Paralympics herself after a transfemoral amputation. A call with an Olympian who knows almost ... Read more...
The Bremen Cotton Exchange has been safeguarding the interests of cotton for 148 years. Now, Stephanie Silber, CEO of cotton-trading company Otto Stadtlander, is the first woman to become president of this international raw-material association. Ronny Eckert Read more...
It’s been the hottest trend sport over the last two summers: stand-up paddling, SUP for short. There is hardly a lake or river on which the stand-up paddlers do not cruise up and down with their boards. An integral part of this trendy leisure sport on water consists of technical textiles. Ronny Eckert Read more...
On 11 March, the WHO declared the coronavirus a world-wide pandemic. All over the world people are asking: how can I protect myself? Textile researcher and biologist Dr. Anja Gerhardts explains how commercially available face masks work – and how they don’t. Ronny Eckert Read more...
People these days, who, instead of studying to be a lawyer, teacher or doctor, sign up for something to do with textiles, are not infrequently met with a perplexed shake of the head. “Textiles – isn’t that a bit of a dead subject?” – that it could hardly be more alive is clearly demonstrated by ... Read more...
Revolutionary ideas are just what we need – above all in science and technology. Air taxis are just as revolutionary as artificial intelligence, self-drive cars or Elon Musk’s pneumatic ‘tube post’ – that he calls the Hyperloop – for transporting people and goods. No less needed are ideas for ways of fishing plastics from the ... Read more...