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2.7.2 Technology<br />
2.7.3 Applications in the clothing sector<br />
2.7.3.1 Research projects and products<br />
The British Company QinetiQ has inserted a small ceramic piezoelectric device in the heel of a shoe.<br />
The pressure and flexing of the foot during walking is converted into a small amount of electricity<br />
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2.7.3.2 Patents published<br />
2.7.4 Applications in the interior textile sector<br />
2.7.4.1 Research projects and products<br />
2.7.4.2 Patents published<br />
2.7.5 Applications in the technical textile sector<br />
2.7.5.1 Research projects and products<br />
Developments are taken place in the use of auxetic fabrics or yarns as carriers for drugs or other<br />
agents that would be released under pressure (e.g.swelling) of the wound.<br />
2.7.5.2 Patents published<br />
2.8 Others<br />
2.8.1 Applications in the clothing sector<br />
2.8.1.1 Research projects and products<br />
Climate control<br />
The vAIRis membrane jacket, a joint project of the companies Sympatex Technologies and Ploucquet,<br />
and the Eidgenoessische Material- und Pruefgesellschaft (EMPA; Confederate Materials and Testing<br />
Association), is equipped with integrated variable heat insulation. The beating heart of this membrane<br />
jacket is a micropump, which is responsible for filling three down-filled chambers with air or emptying<br />
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