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Discriminative learning of apparel features [PDF]

open access: yes2015 14th IAPR International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA), 2015
Fashion is a major segment in e-commerce with growing importance and a steadily increasing number of products. Since manual annotation of apparel items is very tedious, the product databases need to be organized automatically, e.g. by image classification.
Rothe, Rasmus   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recycling technologies for enabling sustainability transitions of the fashion industry: status quo and avenues for increasing post-consumer waste recycling

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2022
A major environmental issue of the rise in garment production is a steep increase of textile waste. At the same time, recycling technologies appear to be promising avenues for sustainability transitions of the fashion industry.
Elisabeth Eppinger
doaj   +1 more source

Textile additive manufacturing: An overview

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2022
Additive manufacturing (3D-printing) is a rapidly emerging technology grouped under the heading of Industry 4.0 and revolutionises the way products are created.
Edmund M. Keefe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Solution‐Processed Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Ink Formation, Processing Strategies, Applications, and Challenges

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
wiley   +1 more source

Towards sustainable denim: evaluating the dry process techniques in surface modification

open access: yesFashion and Textiles Review
Purpose: As an alternative to widely used denim wet washing techniques, which consume a huge amount of water and chemicals, dry washing techniques need attention.
Hasibul Hasan Shykat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intelligent Orthopedics: Machine Learning in Diagnosis of Bone Disease, Implants, and Bone Health Monitoring

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Efficient recovery from traumatic or degenerative diseases is a great challenge, even after all the advancements in bone and cartilage regeneration. Machine learning (ML) algorithms have presented opportunities to enhance these aspects by accurately analyzing imaging data.
Maryam Kamaei   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage

open access: yesNature Communications
Plastic pollution is a global environmental threat with potentially irreversible impacts on aquatic life, ecosystems, and human health. This study is a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution.
Anna Kounina   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Analysis of Sweet Potato Starch Versus Carboxymethyl Cellulose in Yarn Sizing

open access: yesKoža i Obuća
The study evaluates the performance of sweet potato starch (SPS), a locally available natural material, as a sizing agent in textile applications, compared to standard carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC).
Mohammad Mahedi Hasan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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