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Electronic Textiles


Highfield Campus



Building: 59 | Zepler

Room: Concourse

Age suitable for:
  • 7 - 11 years-old
  • 11 - 14 years-old
  • 14 - 16 years-old
  • 16 - 18 years-old
  • 18+ years-old


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Fabrics can think, smell and talk. They can do much more than just provide protection and aesthetics to the human body. At the University of Southampton, we are not only thinking this but we already making it happen leading the way in evolution of our clothing into the next generation garments called e-textiles.

Come along on an exciting journey into the world of E-textiles, where electronics and traditional textiles blend seamlessly to create garments with amazing new functionalities! Imagine clothes that provide mobile Medicare for early disease detection and monitoring, augmented fashion that takes style to the next level, and lightweight power scavengers that can charge your other devices. And the best part? We achieve all this using familiar textile manufacturing methods like printing and weaving. It's a whole new spin on fashion and technology!