With its tidy racks of dress shirts, trousers and sweaters, the Ministry of Supply shop on Boston’s Newbury Street looks, in many ways, similar to other clothing stores. That is, except for the ...

A FULLY automatic, electronic tailor-knitting machine soon to be marketed can knit a whole garment in a single programmed cycle. so 59 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of ...

Garment manufacturing usually involves the use of purchased fabrics, although you could produce your own fabrics as well as garments made from them. You could specialize in a certain apparel ...

When I was a baby, my grandma knit me an impressive range of little booties and blankets. I’ve been worried that I will utterly fail at my grandmotherly duties when I eventually have grandchildren ...

Bangladesh’s narrow, garment-heavy export base and weak investment diversification have prevented new industries from absorbing workers displaced by machines ...

If you've ever wanted a custom bobble hat but your knitting skills aren't up to par, let the robots do it. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have ...

Got an old Brother KH-930e knitting machine collecting dust somewhere? If not, chances are that your mum does. Or maybe your grandmum. Regardless of where you snag one, just make darn sure you snag ...

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