Touch Textile

Touch-Sensitive Textiles

Interactive fabric interfaces, ushering in a new age of gestures.

ELEVATING TEXTILE INTERACTIONS

Tactile Sensations

A multifaceted, fabric composition merged with industry-leading touch electronics for an elevated tactile experience.

Platform Features

Force Gradient

Variable actuation force and 3D touch capabilities.

Optionality

Resistive and capacitive touch technology available.

Gesture enabled

Relative motion translation enabled for tracking and gesture control.

Machine Washable

Encapsulated Electronics to allow washability.

How it Works

Leveraging capacitive and resistive touch technologies to creative textile-based interactive surfaces.

Layering

Wiring

Patch

Powering

Form Factor

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Layering

The layering of conductive and non-conductive fabrics to sense pressure.

Touch Sensitive Textiles

A touch-sensitive smart textile solution that can be seamlessly integrated into everyday electronics, allowing them to do more. Limited only by your imagination, this multi-functional technology can replace the need for traditional plastic interfaces and usher in a new era of connected and interactive soft goods.

Touch textiles change the way that you interact with technology by creating interfaces, that through great hand feel and aesthetics, actually enhance a user’s experience. This technology is applicable across industries, with use cases ranging from fabric-based computer peripherals to gesture-enabled smart clothing.

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Our Touch Textile

Applications

As a result of the endless possibilities afforded through touch textiles, we have created interactive products across multiple industries.

Consumer technology

Creating textile-based computer peripherals and the replacement of buttons on consumer electronics for a softer hand feel and altered user experience.

Sports and Performance

Developing connected clothing collections that can interface with your smartphone via on-garment gestures.

Healthcare

Gesture enabled hospital apparel and soft goods for quick notifications for healthcare providers, especially in crises.

Platform Capabilities

Leveraging capacitive and resistive touch technologies to creative textile-based interactive surfaces.

Technology Specifications

Configurations

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Technology Specifications

Capacitive touch sensor can be used for a wide range of application, with trackpad area customized based on user requirement.

Minimum single actuation area 1x1inch

TECHNOLOGY WOVEN IN

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Textile Engineering

Integrated Technologies

Advanced Material

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Engineered Knit

Leveraging Flat, Circular, and Warp knitting techniques to create complex structures, designs, and modulus.

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Narrow Width Fabrics

Elasticated fabrics and elastomeric yarns engineered to achieve stretch and durability, as well as support complex design and construction.

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Injection Molding

A revolutionary form and padding technology for impact protection and the encasing of electronics.

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Engineered Knit

Leveraging Flat, Circular, and Warp knitting techniques to create complex structures, designs, and modulus.

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Narrow Width Fabrics

Elasticated fabrics and elastomeric yarns engineered to achieve stretch and durability, as well as support complex design and construction.

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Injection Molding

A revolutionary form and padding technology for impact protection and the encasing of electronics.

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Engineered Knit

Leveraging Flat, Circular, and Warp knitting techniques to create complex structures, designs, and modulus.

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Narrow Width Fabrics

Elasticated fabrics and elastomeric yarns engineered to achieve stretch and durability, as well as support complex design and construction.

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Injection Molding

A revolutionary form and padding technology for impact protection and the encasing of electronics.

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How to Engage

At Softmatter, our dynamic team has industry-leading expertise in smart textiles, from design to manufacture. We help you strategically enhance your offering so that it has a profound, global impact.

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