Types of Sensors Used in Wearable Devices
For most, the first object that pops into your head after hearing the term “wearable” is likely some sort of fitness-associated wrist wear. The wrist is an ideal place for a tracker such as a…
Should your Carrying Case have a Foam Insert?
At Fieldtex, we manufacture many different styles of carrying cases and create custom inserts for hard cases. When developing a case to protect specialized equipment or medical devices, we use only industrial grade fabrics for…
Introduction to Smart Textiles
The fabric we wear has remained generally the same for thousands of years, serving us just a single purpose: coverage and protection from the elements. But all of that is about to change. Recent breakthroughs…
Biocompatible Fabrics in Healthcare
Biocompatible materials are materials that are compatible “with living tissue or a living system by not being toxic, injurious, or physiologically reactive and not causing immunological rejection” (Source). Simply put, these fabrics should be able…
Manufacturing Berry Compliant Products
If you are in the process of bidding on a contract with the department of defense or are researching bidding with the DoD chances are that you are seeing the phrase berry compliant a lot….