30Sep
28Sep
Sensors and Electrodes- A Perfect use for Metalized Textiles!
Most of us are familiar with the sensors that our health professionals use to gather many types of biometric information about the function of our electrical body organs including: the brain, heart, nerves, temperature, blood oxygen saturation, humidity, and muscles. Electrodes are also carriers of electric current for stimulation therapy for nerves TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) and muscles EMS (Electrical Muscle Stimulation). Traditionally, these sensors have been "wet Silver Chloride Sensors". The "wet part" is a gel to provide reduction...
22Sep
I’m not “Just Spinning you a Yarn”, Shieldex®Yarns and Threads are the Best!
Shieldex Yarns are the most versatile yarns not only due to the anti-static, anti-odor properties, but for their high electrical and thermal conductivity as well. These silver plated polyamide yarns can be used in the same fashion as non-coated yarns for twisting, warp-knitting, weft-knitting, embroidery, weaving and spinning. Due to the conductivity of silver, these yarns can be used as a conductor in sensors, for the manufacture of clothing, home textiles, as well as "smart textiles". The yarns are available...
22Sep
What can Metalized Textiles do for You? Your Imagination is the only Limit!
Since the founding of V Technical Textiles, Inc., it has been the world's single largest distributor of electrically conductive fabrics and notions. Many people have no idea what metalized textiles are used for. When they first came out, metalized textiles were used largely in electrical manufacturing in the aerospace, automotive, electronics industries as ESD carpeting, EMI shielded gaskets and quickly evolved into shielding materials in electronic devices to stop RF Interference from affecting the proper function of these sensitive electronic...
02Jul
Nesting isn’t just for Birds, Nested Enclosures Help to Determine Shielding Effectiveness!
The determination of the Shielding Effectiveness (SE) of a material at high frequencies/small wavelengths can give large variations in results based on the testing method employed. One of the methods used to get more consistent results is to use a "nested" testing chamber, meaning a testing chamber is divided by a shielded wall across the middle of the chamber, with a window/hole in it. On the receiving side, there is no mode stirring and the antenna is set up to...
04May
Making Technology Strides and Preserving Natural Beauty, a Great Combination!
How valuable is satellite-provided broadband internet to the world? Is it worth those platoons of satellites providing the internet eclipsing the "view" of deep space objects from our research telescopes, which prefer darkness and radio silence for optimum performance? At this time there are at least 800 Low-Earth-Orbit satellites in space, ranging from the size of a table (SpaceX) to the size of a sandwich (Swarm Technologies) and a grand total of 2,218 satellites orbiting the earth currently. The FCC,...
29Apr
COVID-19, Another Week, Another Surprise! Hold on to Your Masks!
COVID-19 is one complex virus, each week we learn something new about COVID-19. Usually, the surprise is another thing that adds to the difficulty in dealing with this Pandemic. As you know by now, the CDC is recommending that everyone, whether they have symptoms or not, cover their face with a mask or cloth covering whenever social distancing is difficult. This is not to say that you should wear a mask wherever you go, but to wear one in places...
23Apr
Medical Masks, We’ve Come a Long Way, but More Change is Needed Now!
The Bubonic Plague, which rolled over the world from China, the Middle East, Russia, and Europe was the deadliest epidemic in human history. It claimed an estimated 150 million human lives. It started in China and when the bacterium Yersinia pestis hitched a ride inside of fleas on rodents, and was transferred to humans via flea bites, leaving death and economic disaster in its wake. The "Plague Doctors" who treated the infected people were well intentioned, but also completely useless...
22Apr
You’re Doing a Great Job “Flattening the Curve”, VTT’s Antimicrobial Products can Make it Easier!
Our Basic Skills are Good, Continue the Great Work and Strive to Improve Your Routine! Consider where our country was a month ago, COVID-19 was well into our country's fabric of life. It has been estimated that a person with the infection spreads the infection to 2.5 people in 30 days if they follow the mitigation methods mentioned below and 406 people in 30 days if they don't adhere to the following mitigation methods! Mitigation methods work!! Social Distancing Covering sneezes. ...
17Apr
