For much of the nineteenth century, inventors submitted a model with their patent application to the United States Patent Office. The National Museum of American History’s patent model collection ...

Computer software company PTC, one of the first to market an Internet-based product life-cycle management platform and an early adopter of digital 3-D design, is rolling out an Intelligent Apparel ...

As every body is unique, achieving a perfect dynamic fit of garments has to date relied on artisanal tailoring that cannot scale. Machine embroidery can place load-bearing thread in arbitrary patterns ...

Which embroidery machine is best? Embroidery machines usually come with preprogrammed patterns or fonts, but nowadays, it’s best for them to have the potential to do more. High-quality models allow ...

Figure 1: Fluorescent image of the embroidered thread-spring mosaic. Each new loop of thread connects to the previous ones in a coordinated knot architecture, creating a uniform triangular pattern ...