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Textile Institute of Pakistan’s apparel department, in comparison with others, has undergone high paced development over the last two years in terms of course restructuring and acquiring latest equipment for its apparel lab to name a few, sources claim.

The latest addition to the apparel lab is an expensive, fully functional Eton Unit Production System. At the moment, two stations have been installed for teaching purposes. Read the rest of this entry »

THE WEBMASTERS student committee of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST), Karachi campus, cordially invites you to DIGITALeyez, the inaugural digital-media centric event of NUCES FAST. It is scheduled to take place on the 12th of April, 2008. DIGITALeyez offers the following competitions:

1. Photography
2. Short Film & Animation
3. Web Design
4. Xpressions (Skethcing & Painting)
5. Brainiac (Quiz)
6. Young Acheivers (TV program)

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Textile Institute of Pakistan now offers a set of 20 short courses, workshops and seminars targeted specifically towards executives seeking basic knowledge in textiles. These courses will be conducted at TIP city campus by some of the most distinguished textile and business experts from TIP’s faculty and the industry.

Courses offered include: Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Wet processing/Finishing, Textile CAD, Towel and Denim Manufacturing, Apparel Manufacturing, Applied Industrial Engineering, Technology Transfer, Executive Skills (Communication, Quality Mgmt, Branding, Supply Chain Mgmt etc.), Leadership, Project Management

Starting April 14, ‘08

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Researchers at Monash University, in Victoria, Australia, have found a way to coat fibers with titanium dioxide nanocrystals, which break down food and dirt in sunlight. The researchers, led by organic chemist and nanomaterials researcher Walid Daoud, have made natural fibers such as wool, silk, and hemp that will automatically remove food, grime, and even red-wine stains when exposed to sunlight.

Daoud says that “self-cleaning property will become a standard feature of future textiles.” For more, see the full article at MIT’s Technology Review.

It is interesting to note that titanium dioxide is used conventionally as a white dye/pigment. Its application as a self-cleaning photocatalyst is known in other materials such as glass. this is the first application on textile materials. This method of “self-cleaning” is different from previous attempts that neutralize bacteria using silver-based coatings or that improve soil and stain resistance with Teflon-based coatings. Imagine only having to hang your clothes in your closest while they clean themselves waiting for their next use!

“The latest development in the field of ‘energy harvesting’, which includes such opportunistic technology such as self-winding watches, generators implanted in soldier’s boots, and knee brace dynamos, is a cloth that generates electrical power. The cloth is newly developed by scientists in the US, and can produce up to 80 milliwatts per square metre. It is made from brush-like fibres composed of a Kevlar stalk surrounded by zinc oxide nanowire crystals that generate electricity through the piezoelectric effect. They can be grown on any substrate, including hair. The power harnessed from this effect could be used for anything from cosmetic components to the powering of medical devices.” Source: Slashdot

Quite a novel idea, utilizing a similar generation principle of that of a standard motor.